U.S. 101/Woodside Road Interchange Tops
List of East Bay, Peninsula Projects
SAN
FRANCISCO, June 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) today awarded a total
of $130 million in Regional Measure 3
toll funds to advance nine different projects along or adjacent to
the Dumbarton Bridge corridor spanning Alameda and San Mateo counties.
The biggest of the commitments is an allocation of up to
$48 million to the San Mateo County
Transportation Authority and the City of
Redwood City for their $300-plus million '101/84 Interchange Reimagined'
project. The 1970s era interchange between U.S. 101, State Route
84/Woodside Road and Seaport Blvd. marks the gateway to the Port of
Redwood City. But it can no longer
accommodate current traffic volumes, presenting challenges to
roadway safety, freight mobility and rail movement. Redwood City and the San Mateo County
Transportation Authority plan to start construction in 2027 on a
series of safety improvements that will include more than four
miles of new bicycle/pedestrian infrastructure as well as improved
access for transit shuttles linking the Redwood City Caltrain
station with a new ferry terminal planned for the Port of
Redwood City.
"This is a shovel-ready project that will not only reduce
congestion on Highway 101 but will also improve the operation of
local streets, improve safety at train crossings and support the
port's continued growth," said San Mateo
County Supervisor and MTC Commissioner David Canepa. "By moving cargo used for
construction projects throughout the Bay Area, the Port of
Redwood City is a vital part of
our region's economic engine."
Millbrae City Councilmember Gina Papan, who serves as the
San Mateo County cities'
representative on MTC, made a similar point about a $5 million allocation of RM 3 money to identify a preferred alternative
and complete pre-environmental planning for an estimated
$150 million project to establish a
dedicated busway from the west end of the Dumbarton Bridge to the
Redwood City Caltrain station. "Today's investment keeps us on
track to break ground in 2029 on a project whose benefits will
extend far beyond Menlo Park and
Redwood City. The efficiency
improvements will make transit more attractive for both bus and
train riders up and down the Peninsula."
Other commitments of RM 3 dollars
approved today for projects in the Dumbarton Corridor include
$5 million for MTC's Dumbarton
Forward initiative, which includes upgraded transbay bus service,
traffic signal improvements along the Bayfront Expressway in
San Mateo County, and bicycle
access projects on either side of the bay.
MTC awarded $25 million of
RM 3 money to the City of Union City for its estimated
$212 million Quarry Lakes Parkway
project, which will build a new four-lane multimodal street from
Mission Blvd./State Route 238 in Union
City to Paseo Padre in Fremont. The new parkway, set to begin
construction next year and to open to traffic in 2028, will include
buffered bike lanes and a continuous multi-use trail. Union City also received a $3 million allocation for a one-year,
$8.4 million project to build a new
east entrance to the Union City BART station. Pedestrian access
improvements will include an at-grade crossing of the Union Pacific
railroad tracks.
The City of Fremont received an
allocation of up to $18.2 million for
a $24.5 million project to modernize
the Interstate 880/Decoto Road interchange and to complete
environmental documents, purchase right of way and begin
construction on a $46.8 million
project to improve Decoto Road between I-880 and Alameda Creek with dedicated transit lanes and
multi-purpose paths in each direction as well as the addition of
two protected intersections and upgraded lighting and traffic
signals. Fremont expects to
complete design by the end of this year and to open this portion of
Decoto Road as a multi-modal complete street in 2027.
Fremont also received
$10.8 million in RM 3 money to build the second segment of the
Dumbarton Bridge to Quarry Lakes Trail, which will extend from the
Dumbarton Bridge Toll Plaza area to the Ardenwood Transit Center.
Construction is slated to start in 2026, with the trail opening in
2028.
The City of Newark will use its
new allocation of $15 million in
RM 3 funds for a three-phase project
to upgrade Thornton Avenue between I-880 and State Route 84. This
includes streetscape improvements in Old Town Newark and a complete
streets treatment between Hickory Street and Gateway Blvd.
Approved by Bay Area voters in 2018, Regional Measure 3 called
for a series of three $1 increases in
tolls on the region's seven state-owned toll bridges to finance a
$4.45 billion slate of highway and
transit improvements in the toll bridge corridors and their
approach routes. The first of the RM
3 toll increases took effect in 2019 and the second in 2022.
The third and final increase will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025.
MTC is the transportation planning, financing and coordinating
agency for the nine-county San Francisco
Bay Area.
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