Transportation Infrastructure Funding
City Council Approves Proposed ARRA Transportation Project List
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 provided money for transportation projects including road and highways funds through the Federal Highway Administration. San Diego has been allocated $20,168,600 which it has proposed to use for “shovel ready” projects.
Recently, San Diego’s City Council approved a large number of "shovel ready" transportation projects that can be found in each of the City’s council districts. San Diego is proud to announce that money has been allocated to finish Shoal Creek Pedestrian Bridge and Rose Creek Bike/Pedestrian Bridge. Other projects include Torrey Pines Road improvements, the installation of sidewalks and traffic signals, bus stop and trolley station enhancements, bikeway projects, and sidewalk and roadway improvements. A detailed list of the projects (PDF: 52K) can be found under the ‘documents’ heading of this website. The approved projects total $14,117,600, with the remaining $6,050,400 set aside for street maintenance.
All projects meet TransNet local streets and roads program requirements, project readiness to put San Diegans back to work, and provide opportunities to leverage with other funds. The next action will be to have the projects formally approved by SANDAG in early September.
State Route 905 Receives Stimulus Funds, Creates 1400 Jobs
The 905 freeway is set to receive $74.4 million of the total $76.8 million it will take to complete Phase 1B of the 905 project through stimulus funds. This will accelerate the completion of the western portion of the freeway, while creating an estimated 1400 jobs. Construction is anticipated to be finished by June 2012.
State Route 905 is a critical part of our transportation infrastructure and is a primary link between the economies of San Diego, Mexico and the rest of the state. Mexico is our state’s number one export market and a significant amount of the exported goods produced in California’s factories and fields go through San Diego into Mexico. Improving 905 will help us overcome the bottlenecks that are slowing the flow of these goods, while ensuring that our critical industries have the transportation infrastructure they need.
Our region’s leadership in telecommunications, biotechnology and the life sciences provides jobs and economic growth not only for San Diego but for the entire state. To keep things moving, we need transportation infrastructure that supports border commerce and the entire border region. Getting 905 finished will help us make that happen.
The federal stimulus funds that will be used for this project are a great investment. They are going to do exactly what they are intended to do – improve our infrastructure and create jobs.
$18 Million to Widen and Complete Carroll Canyon Road
Carroll Canyon Road is set to receive $18 million, which will widen and complete Carroll Canyon Road under I-805. The funds will also be used to build a direct access ramp to I-805.
This project would serve to alleviate traffic in the “Golden Triangle,” one of the most congested areas in the San Diego Region. The Golden Triangle is one of the largest employment clusters in Southern California with over 132,000 existing jobs, including such major companies as Qualcomm, SAIC and Gen-Probe.
Additionally these improvements will benefit the University of California, San Diego and two major hospitals which also sit on this corridor.
