Berkeley Receives $3.7M For Infrastructure Project

BERKELEY, CA — The California Transportation Commission on Friday announced more than $1 billion is headed to support repair and improvement projects across the Golden State, including $3.7 million for a Berkeley project, plus tens of millions to boost other Caltrans efforts in the Bay Area.

In Alameda County, $12.5 million will fund four projects.

• $3.7 million allocated in Berkeley, along Gilman Street, from Fourth Street, west of the West Frontage Road. The project will construct a double roundabout and roadway access.
• $3.4 million allocated in Fremont, at the southbound off-ramp to Scott Creek Road and on State Route 238. The project will upgrade facilities to ADA standards, improve sidewalks, and rehabilitate drainage systems.
• $600,000 allocated in Fremont, from Central Avenue to south of Thornton Avenue. The project will repair a slope embankment slip-out, install Rock Slope Protection, and restore a pump station and drainage systems.
• $4.8 million allocated in the area near Livermore, east of Stonecut Underpass. The project will restore an eroded embankment slope, rebuild a broken section of an asphalt-lined ditch, and install erosion control measures.

More than $20 million is earmarked to support other Bay Area projects in Marin, Napa, Santa Clara, San Mateo and Sonoma counties.

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Of the $1.1 billion allocated across the state, nearly half comes from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, with $132 million sourced from Senate Bill 1 and $309 million from the state's Local Transportation Climate Adaptation Program.

"California is making historic transportation investments and building a climate-resilient system to connect every community in a safe and reliable way," said Caltrans Director Tony Tavares. "The funding will maintain and repair our roads while investing in public transit, bike and pedestrian pathways, and climate-adaptation projects."

California has received more than $32 billion since Congress passed the "Bipartisan Infrastructure Law" in 2021, including $24 billion to support transportation projects.