Riverside, Orange Bi-County Project
CORONA (CNS) – A project intended to reduce congestion on the regularly clogged eastbound Riverside (91) Freeway between Anaheim Hills and Corona received a federal infusion totaling $25 million, officials announced Thursday.
The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded one of its Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development — BUILD — grants for the “91 Eastbound Corridor Operations Project,” according to the Riverside County Transportation Commission.
“With more than 300,000 vehicles traveling Route 91 between Riverside and Orange counties each day, continued investment in the corridor is needed to keep our communities moving,” RCTC Chair Raymond Gregory said. “RCTC appreciates the Department of Transportation for recognizing the importance of this project through the BUILD grant program.”
The $178 million corridor expansion project remains in the engineering assessment phase, which is expected to conclude before year’s end. A tentative timetable for groundbreaking hasn’t been announced.
The objective is to construct an additional general purpose traffic lane, starting at the Route 241 connector to the eastbound 91 and running three miles to the Corona (71) Expressway connector to the 91 in Corona.
“Improvements will also include widening two bridges, constructing retaining walls, implementing rock-fall mitigation measures, replacing overhead signs for better visibility and building a new two-lane exit ramp at Green River Road,” RCTC stated.
There are currently seven lanes available on the eastbound 91, between the 241 and 71, but two of those are toll lanes.
According to RCTC, adding another lane will facilitate higher traffic volumes on the heavily used corridor and will complement the recently expanded 71/91 Interchange on the west end of Corona.
The project is a combined enterprise of RCTC, the Orange County Transportation Authority and Caltrans.
Additional information is available at www.rctc.org/projects/91-eastbound-corridor-operations-project.
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