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Delano projects in the local transportation measure
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Safe Roads for Kern
Measure "I" Expenditure Plan
| Capital Projects |
| Sub-Total |
$75,248,380 |
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| Local Street Reconstruction |
| City of Delano |
$14,829,102 |
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| Transit, Transportation Enhancements & Air Quality |
| Sub-Total |
$18,236,911 |
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| Area Total |
$108,314,393 |
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Funding moves up
timeline on projects
The Safe Roads For Kern
measure expenditure plan contains
an ambitious blueprint of roadway
corridor improvements designed to
keep the regional economy moving
over the next 26 years.
Many of the proposed projects
already have funding dedicated to
early phases, such as planning or
engineering.
The measure includes projects
in every area of the county, with
capital improvements from
metropolitan Bakersfield to
Maricopa, Mojave and Wasco to
Tehachapi, Rosamond and
Ridgecrest.
Near Delano, $75.2 million in measure funds will help four major capital improvement projects see completion.
Roughly $20.8 million has been budgeted to widen State Route 46 from the San Luis Obispo County Line to Interstate 5, while another $30.8 million will be dedicated for SR 46 from I-5 to Wasco. About $10.8 million will go toward improving the interchange at SR 99 and Woolomes Road, and another $12.8 million to widen Santa Fe Way from Hageman to Los Angeles Avenue.
An additional $18.2 million is budgeted for transit, transportation enhancement and air quality projects, such as paving dirt roads or purchasing natural gas buses.
Cities, county facing $500 million backlog in road maintenance
The Safe Roads for Kern measure would
bring $14.8 million for road maintenance
over its 20-year lifespan, or about $741,455
annually, in addition to what the city is
spending already. The unincorporated area
around Delano would also receive $5 million
in maintenance funding.
Kern COG estimates a cost of more than
$500 million for the 11 cities and the county
itself to bring all roads up to standards. That
figure grows by approximately $73 million
each year the maintenance is deferred.
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