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Tehachapi projects in the local transportation measure
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Safe Roads for Kern
Measure "I" Expenditure Plan
| Capital Projects |
| Sub-Total |
$22,375,291 |
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| Local Street Reconstruction |
| Tehachapi |
$3,324,376 |
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| Transit, Transportation Enhancements & Air Quality |
| Sub-Total |
$5,422,790 |
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| Area Total |
$38,658,932 |
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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 Tehachapi, $6.29 million
in measure funds will help widen
State Route 202 from Tehachapi-Woodford to Cummings Valley
Road; while another $2.24 million
will go toward widening SR 202
from Tucker to Tehachapi-
Woodford Road. An interchange
improvement at SR 58 and
Dennison Road will use $6 million
in measure funds; and Valley
Boulevard, from Tucker Road to
Curry Road -- will receive $7.7
million for widening.
An additional $5.4 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 for Kern measure would
bring Tehachapi $3.32 million for road
maintenance over its 20-year lifespan, or about
$166,000 annually. The unincorporated area
around the city limits would be eligible for
another $7.5 million. Deferred road maintenance
throughout Kern County is rapidly approaching
a $500 million backlog, according to Kern COG’s
preliminary estimates.
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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