Caltrans expects to finish its “Fix 50” project by July 2026 — a year later than originally planned and almost $100 million over budget.
Roadwork began in 2021. The new timeline, first reported by KCRA, drags the construction out to a total of five years. The project will add new carpool lanes along 7 miles of Highway 50 across Sacramento’s core and resurface the degraded pavement.
Caltrans said on its website that “U.S. Highway 50 Multimodal Corridor Enhancement and Rehabilitation Project,” which it also calls Fix 50, will cost about $529 million. In May 2022 — three years ago — Caltrans estimated that the project would cost $433 million, meaning that in addition to falling behind schedule, the cost has gone up by about $96 million in that time…