Funds Approved for Freeway Carpool Link
Congress has approved more than $3 million in funding for an elevated carpool lane between the Costa Mesa and San Diego freeways.
“This is so drivers don’t have to leave a high occupancy vehicle lane when changing freeways,” said John Standiford, spokesman for the Orange County Transportation Authority.
The funding is contained in the $12.6-billion 1997 transportation spending bill approved Wednesday by both the House and Senate.
A North County shuttle bus system run by the cities of Brea, Yorba Linda and Placentia will receive $200,000.
The $3 million earmarked for the carpool lane is just a fraction of the $244.1-million project, but OCTA is counting on a total of $163.6 million in federal funds to help complete the job.
Rep. Ron Packard (R-Oceanside), whose district includes south Orange County, said the funding is significant.
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