The City of San Bernardino has announced that it will be receiving $2,946,150 from Caltrans to construct raised street medians on a 3.5 mile stretch of E Street between Fairway Drive and 10th Street. The competitive grant, awarded to the City in partnership with Omnitrans, is part of the State’s Local Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP).
“This median project will directly improve vehicle, bus, and pedestrian safety along E Street in San Bernardino,” said Mayor Helen Tran, who also sits on the Omnitrans Board.
The E Street corridor has been identified as high-risk using accident data from the Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System. Between March 2019 and March 2024, the E Street corridor from Fairway Drive from 10th Street experienced 110 accidents, including two fatalities…