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Mojave projects in the local transportation measure
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Safe Roads for Kern
Measure "I" Expenditure Plan
| Capital Projects |
| Sub-Total |
$29,926,113 |
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| Local Street Reconstruction |
| County |
$12,905,182 |
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| Transit, Transportation Enhancements & Air Quality |
| Sub-Total |
$7,252,779 |
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| Area Total |
$50,084,075 |
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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 and around Mojave, $9.4
million in measure funds will help
build Twenty Mule Team Road
from California City to Route 58;
another $9.4 million for North Gate
Road from California City to Route
58; $5.4 million for a grade
separation over the Union Pacific
Railroad at Rosamond Avenue; and
$5.4 million to extend K Street over
State Route 14 in Mojave.
An additional $7.2 million is
budgeted 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
Mojave and the surrounding
unincorporated area $11.3 million for road
maintenance over its 20-year lifespan, or
almost $645,259 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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