Governor Newsom announced $2.5B to strengthen transportation infra, advance transit
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Governor Gavin Newsom announced nearly $2.5 billion in funding for more than 150 projects to improve state highway systems, advance public transit, and create good-paying jobs. These investments are guided by Governor Newsom’s Build More, Faster — For All agenda, delivering critical infrastructure upgrades and creating thousands of jobs across the state.
Through the California Transportation Commission (CTC), this nearly $2.5 billion investment brings the Newsom administration’s total transportation allocations for fiscal year 2025-26 to approximately $13.8 billion. These investments support local streets and roads, state highways, active transportation, public transit, and intercity rail projects, and will create more than 150,000 jobs. Since 2019, the Newsom administration has allocated more than $78.4 billion to transportation projects across California, supporting the creation of more than 800,000 jobs.
This announcement includes nearly $547 million from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA) and another $736 million from California’s Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. The remaining $1.1 billion is funded through the State Highway Account, the general fund, and other state and federal programs.
California has been awarded an annual investment of approximately $16.7 billion in infrastructure funding since IIJA’s passage. That includes investments to upgrade the state’s roads, bridges, rail, public transit, airports, electric vehicle charging networks, ports, and waterways.
The remaining investments are supported by SB 1, which has provided nearly $5.5 billion annually for transportation projects since 2017. SB 1 calls for splitting the money between state and local agencies. Road projects progress through construction phases more quickly, depending on the availability of funds, including those partially funded by SB 1.
Notable project investments include $257 million for Southwest Los Angeles County mobility hubs. The project improves connectivity for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders and highway commuters, including thousands of residents and global visitors traveling to attend major cultural and sporting events ahead of the LA 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Source: CTC
