Over $34 Million Secured for California Transportation Infrastructure

U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) Oct. 19, secured over $34 million in federal funding for 15 projects across California in the Senate’s Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development appropriations bill. The bill was released by the Senate Appropriations Committee today and will now be reconciled with its House counterpart before final passage.

California projects included in the Senate Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development appropriations bill. Below includes Los Angeles area projects 

$5 million for the Inglewood Transit Connector Project
This project would provide residents and visitors with a state-of-the-art elevated guideway connecting the Crenshaw/LAX Metro Line directly to destinations in the City of Inglewood, including The Forum, SoFi Stadium at Hollywood Park, and the future Inglewood Basketball and Entertainment Center.

$3.5 million for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project
The Sepulveda Transit Corridor project aims to improve speed, frequency, capacity, and reliability of transit service between the heavy concentrations of households in the San Fernando Valley and the major employment and activity centers on the Westside. This is part of a larger, future project to extend the corridor further south to LAX.

$1 million for Pathway Torrance, a Community Resource and Response Center
This project would retrofit an unused former community health facility into Pathway Torrance. This dedicated community health facility would provide programmatic and specialized support, City paramedic response, emergency training, and education for area residents, students and persons who are at risk for, or are experiencing, homelessness.

$1 million to help Long Beach transition to zero-emission buses
This funding would support the purchase of battery-electric or fuel cell electric buses to help Long Beach transition its aging bus fleet to zero-emission technology.

$480,000 for Southern California Highways to Boulevards Regional Study
This would fund a study to identify and evaluate urban highways in Southern California for conversion to city streets or placing a lid over existing rights-of-way, particularly those intersecting with environmental justice areas and disadvantaged communities. These conversions would free up additional land for affordable housing or green spaces.

A full summary of the Senate’s Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations bill is available here.