SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif.—The California Transportation Commission just awarded a $134 million dollar check to Caltrans and the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments.
The Santa Barbara portion of the Highway 101 project adds carpool lanes in both directions, reconstructs the Cabrillo Boulevard interchange with new bridges and right-hand ramps, and includes a new northbound off-ramp and southbound on-ramp.
The funding also creates critical pedestrian and bicycle improvements, electrical vehicle charging infrastructure in the city of Santa Barbara, zero- emission buses for Ventura County Transportation Commission, and Santa Barbara Eastside active transportation projects…