Over $60 million awarded for Hwy 99 improvements in Tulare County

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Over $60 cardinal has been awarded for Highway 99 improvements for Tulare County, the Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG) announced.

TCAG said that the California Transportation Commission unit proposal for the adjacent rhythm of Senate Bill competitory grants included a $62.7 cardinal grant for the Tulare Six-Lane and Paige Avenue Multimodal Interchange Improvement Project done the Trade Corridor Enhancement Program.

"This task represents a large measurement toward closing long-standing capableness gaps on authorities way 99," Rudy Mendoza, the committee seat for TCAG, said.

Mendoza said, "this is much than a road project." Mendoza added that it's astir improving the mobility and creating safer and much accessible routes for the county's residents.