{"id":189007,"date":"2025-03-07T18:03:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T02:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=189007"},"modified":"2025-03-07T18:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T02:04:26","slug":"california-awards-nearly-300-million-to-local-communities-to-make-roadways-safer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=189007","title":{"rendered":"California Awards Nearly $300 Million to Local Communities to Make Roadways Safer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom today announced nearly $300 million in funding for 288 projects aimed at reducing traffic deaths and serious injuries on city and county roads across California.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re making roads safer up and down the state with significant investments. I\u2019m proud of the lifesaving work Caltrans has done to protect drivers, pedestrians, and bikers as they go about their daily commutes.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Governor Gavin Newsom<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The funding for these local projects is provided through the federal\u00a0Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)<\/strong><\/a>, a critical federal-aid program with the goal of reducing fatal and serious injuries on public roads across the nation.<\/p>\n

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is using the\u00a0Safe System approach<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 which emphasizes multiple layers of protection, including safer road designs \u2013 to achieve its goal of reducing fatalities and serious injuries on state roadways to zero by 2050.<\/p>\n

Caltrans\u2019 adoption of the Safe System approach builds on its ongoing work to embed safety in the state\u2019s transportation system. When feasible, transportation projects Caltrans funds or oversees will include \u201ccomplete street\u201d features that provide safe and accessible options for people walking, biking, and taking transit.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder Governor Newsom\u2019s leadership, California remains committed to helping ensure that every Californian has access to safe and reliable transportation, no matter who they are or where they live,\u201d\u00a0said California Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cThese investments highlight our people-first approach, because we know it will pay the most important dividend of all \u2013 their safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

Safety improvement efforts from projects receiving the funding announced today will be distributed throughout the state, making impactful enhancements from Del Norte County in the north to San Diego County in the south and communities everywhere in between.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A sample of the safety projects include:<\/p>\n