Meeting_Body
PLANNING & PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MAY 20, 2026
Subject
SUBJECT: STATE ROUTE 71 (SR-71) NORTH PROJECT DESIGN FUNDING GAP
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. APPROVING the programming of $5,750,000 in Measure M funds to support design activities for SR-71 North; and
B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer or their designee to execute and/or amend all necessary programming documents and project agreements for the SR-71 North design activities.
Issue
ISSUE
The Measure M Expenditure plan allocates $248,557,000 for the SR-71 Gap north and south improvements. Caltrans recently reported a design funding gap of $5,750,000 for the SR-71 North project, largely due to additional railroad coordination efforts. Only $300,000 of the $10,000,000 that was transferred to the project for design work in 2024 remains unexpended, and according to Caltrans, there are no State fund sources available to close the current design funding gap.
Board approval is needed to transfer an additional $5,750,000 in Measure M funds to SR-71 North to close the design funding gap.
Background
BACKGROUND
The SR-71 corridor is a regional highway facility that crosses parts of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties, and connects to major east-west freight corridors (I-10 and SR-60) that serve as inland passageways for interregional travel and goods movement between San Diego and the eastern portion of Los Angeles County. The corridor experiences higher than Statewide average collision and fatality rates, largely attributed to at-grade intersections and congestion-related incidents. The SR-71 Gap Closure Project (Attachment A) is a Caltrans-led project that adds a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane, mixed-flow lane, and intermittent auxiliary lanes along the corridor between I-10 and the San Bernardino County line in the City of Pomona, as well as reconstructs two narrow railroad overhead structures, upgrades a ...
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