El Dorado, Placer counties to receive Caltrans funding

Some of $350 million in grants Caltrans was awarded to improve public transit will be going to El Dorado and Placer counties.

An estimated 80 projects throughout California include upgrading transit service, purchasing eco-friendly buses, modernizing transit stations and creating jobs. The grants are funded through Proposition 1B, the 2006 voter-approved transportation bond, which is providing $3.6 billion over a 10-year period to improve public transit in California.

Some of the projects include:

• El Dorado County — $540,000 for El Dorado County Transit Authority to install electronic fare boxes.

• Placer County — $163,399 for Placer County Department of Public Works for the Placer County bus stop improvements and $1 million for Placer County Transportation Planning Agency to expand the Rocklin Multi-Modal Station Park-n-Ride lot.

 — Lake Tahoe News staff report