BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Brace yourself for more of those orange traffic cones on the freeway – more temporary inconveniences in the name of greater, permanent convenience.
The California Transportation Commission will meet June 26 – 27 to finalize a committee recommendation that Kern County receives almost $40 million from an $810 million state fund.
KGET reported last week about the commission’s recommendation to apportion $39.9 million to the local project. The anticipated funding, which would supplement $25 million in already-committed dollars, would allow Caltrans to add a new leg to the Centennial Corridor – southbound 99 to westbound 58…