Working for the Kern region

Reconstruction projects in the transportation measure

Funding moves up timeline on projects

The Safe Roads Measure "I" expenditure plan contains an ambitious blueprint of roadway corridor improvements designed to keep the regional economy moving over the next 26 years.

For road reconstruction and maintenance, the Safe Roads measure would bring:

California City $3.2 million for road maintenance over its 20-year lifespan, or almost $160,000 annually and another $12.9 million.for the unincorporated area around the city.

Arvin $4.94 million, or almost $250,000 annually, and another $11 million. for the unincorporated area including Lamont.

Frazier Park $3.68 million, or about $184,000 annually.

Indian Wells Valley $15.9 million, or $795,000 annually. About $12.2 million would go to Ridgecrest alone. Kern River Valley $12.3 million for road maintenance, or about $619,095 annually.

City of Bakersfield $159 million, or almost $8 million annually. The unincorporated area around the city limits would be eligible for another $28 million.

Roughly $14.8 million would go to Delano and $3.67 million to McFarland; Shafter receives $8.1 million and Wasco $4.8 million, while $32.5 million goes to the unicorporated county.

Maricopa $1,424,354, while Taft would receive $2.44 million, and another. $9.58 million for the unincorporated area near the cities. Tehachapi $3.32 million, or about $166,000 annually, and anotehr $7.5 million for the unincorporated area around the city.