The California Transportation Commission approved $703.6 million in SB-1 funding for Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) transport projects on May 16 as part of its transport-funding allocations for agencies in the state.
The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) also recently announced its SB-1 award for funding Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Improvements, with more than $1 billion designated for the L.A. Metro. With the latest award of $703.6 million from the CTC and the award of $1.088 billion from CalSTA, the state of California has made a commitment to fund more than $1.8 billion in projects for the L.A. Metro.
The SB-1 legislation is the state’s “gas tax” and vehicle fee transportation funding program approved by the state legislature in 2017 and signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown. The awards represent the largest allocation of SB-1 funds in California to date.
The funding will go to L.A. Metro’s program of projects, which include highway, transit and freight elements.
Metro transportation projects announced for SB-1 funding in several program categories include:
Local Partnership Program Solutions for Congested Corridors Program
- Airport Metro Connector 96th Street Transit Station Project: $150 million
Trade Corridor Enhancement Program
- Interstate 5 Golden State Chokepoint Relief Project: $247 million
- State Route 57/60 Confluence: Chokepoint Relief Program: $22 million
- America’s Global Freight Gateway: Southern California Rail Project: $128.6 million
- Interstate 605/State Route 91 Interchange Improvement: Gateway Cities Freight Crossroads Project: $32 million
- State Route 71 Freeway Conversion Project: $44 million
CalSTA’s Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Improvements Program seeks to modernize transportation infrastructure, improve safety and grow rail ridership. The Transit Capital projects that were awarded multi-year funding include:
Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program: $1.088 billion
- Gold Line Foothill Light Rail Extension to Montclair
- East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor
- West Santa Ana Branch Light Rail Transit Corridor
- Green Line Light Rail Extension to Torrance
- Orange/Red Line to Gold Line BRT Transit Corridor
- Vermont Transit Corridor
