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Lamont projects in the local transportation measure
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Safe Roads for Kern
Measure "I" Expenditure Plan
| Capital Projects |
| Sub-Total |
$26,123,525 |
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| Local Street Reconstruction |
| County |
$11,061,584 |
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| Transit, Transportation Enhancements & Air Quality |
| Sub-Total |
$6,331,201 |
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| Area Total |
$43,516,310 |
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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.
In the Lamont region, work
will continue to widen State
Route 223 from Commanche
Road to State Route 99, and on
Wheeler Ridge Road from SR
223 to Interstate 5.
The measure anticipates 11
million to help widen State
Route 223 and $15 million for
Wheeler Ridge Road
An additional $6.3 million is
budgeted in Arvin-Lamont for
transit, transportation
enhancement and air quality
projects, such as purchasing
natural gas buses.
Cities, county facing $500 million backlog in road maintenance
The Safe Roads measure would bring
the Lamont region $11 million for road
maintenance over its 20-year lifespan, or
almost $550,000 annually, in addition to
what the county spends on roads already.
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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