SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The funding has been approved by the California Transportation Commission which clears the way for the final work on the massive project to add a lane in each direction on the often congested freeway route from Carpinteria to Santa Barbara.
The last segment will extend the project widening work from Montecito work site now to Santa Barbara at Sycamore Creek.
There will then be three lanes in each direction, which includes the high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane for peak hour traffic relief…