The City of Alameda is Awarded $42 Million in Transportation Grants to Fund Major Priority Projects

PRESS RELEASE

 

April 27, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact:

Sarah Henry, Public Information Officer

(510) 747-4714

 

The City of Alameda is Awarded $42 Million in Transportation Grants to Fund Major Priority Projects

 

Between various funding sources, the City of Alameda won $42 million in transportation grants to fund major priority projects over the next three years to improve transportation options. First, the City of Alameda won a $7.3 million Caltrans Active Transportation Program grant to fund the bicycle and pedestrian portions of the Central Avenue Safety Improvement Project. Second, the Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) awarded approximately $35 million toward Alameda’s major priority transportation projects as part of Alameda CTC’s 2018 Comprehensive Investment Plan, which is more than any other city in the County with the exception of Oakland. The six City of Alameda funded projects are as follows:

 

-       Seaplane Lagoon Ferry Terminal - $8.2 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20 for construction

-       Central Avenue Safety Improvement Project (Main Street/Pacific Avenue to Sherman Street/Encinal Avenue) - $3.5 million in FY 2019-20 for construction so that between the two grants, which total $10.8 million, it is a fully funded project

-       Clement Avenue Safety Improvement Project (Broadway to Grand Street) - $5 million in FY 2017-19 for environmental/design and FY 2019-20 for construction

-       Clement Avenue East Extension and Tilden Way including Right-of-Way Purchase from Union Pacific - $8.4 million in FY 2017-19 for planning/environmental/design/ROW and FY 2019-20 for construction

-       Appezzato Parkway Dedicated Bus Lanes - $9 million in FY 2017-19 for planning/environmental/design and FY 2019-20 for construction

-       Citywide Street Resurfacing: Pavement Management - $827,000 in FY 2019-20 for construction

 

The City of Alameda will also benefit from other local agency Alameda CTC awards as follows:

 

-       San Francisco Bay Trail: Doolittle Drive (East Bay Regional Parks District) - $2.8 million

-       Alameda County Safe Routes to School Program (Alameda CTC) - $10.1 million

-       I-880/23rd-29th Avenue Interchange Improvements (Alameda CTC) - $3 million

-       Fruitvale Ave Gap Closure (City of Oakland) - $1.6 million

-       I-880/42nd-High Street Access Improvements (City of Oakland) - $10 million

 

The below images show approved concepts for Central Avenue and Clement Avenue. 
 

Central Ave. concept

 

Clement Ave. concept