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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is a job and economic stimulus bill intended to help states and the nation restart their economies and stimulate employment during the worst economic downturn in over 70 years. In drafting this bill, President Obama and Congress recognized that investment in transportation infrastructure is one of the best ways to create and sustain jobs, stimulate economic development, and leave a legacy to support the financial well-being of the generations to come. The intent and language of the bill responds to the urgency of our national situation by tasking state departments of transportation and other transportation stakeholders to quickly move forward with mobility projects that bring real value to the local, state, and national economy.

Nationally, the bill provides more than $48 billion for transportation. Formula programs in the Recovery Act apportion to California approximately $2.57 billion for highways, local streets and roads, freight and passenger rail, and port infrastructure projects, and $1.07 billion for transit projects. In addition, California is eligible to apply for funding under other discretionary programs that set aside:

  • $8 billion for high speed and intercity rail,
  • $1.5 billion for significant surface transportation projects,
  • $1.3 billion for aviation, and
  • $2.2 billion for AMTRAK, new starts, transit, ferries and other programs.

Ensuring that California gets the maximum benefit from the ARRA will remain the primary focus of the Department until all funding opportunities under the bill expire. The Department is taking action to help expedite this program and facilitate use of the funds. This website is the Department's focal point for information on using the benefits of Recovery Act to create jobs and jumpstart the national economy through increasing mobility in California.

Caltrans Recovery Act Weekly Program Status

Please note that the reporting methodology for the Caltrans Recovery Act Program Status has been revised such that the tracking of projects and dollars as either State or Region in the Highways section of the report is now based on the agency that originated the Section 1511 certification.

Caltrans recovery act Press Releases

  • January 21, 2010 - CALTRANS AWARDS CONTRACT FOR RECOVERY ACT PROJECT TO REPAVE HIGHWAY 101
  • January 10, 2010 - RECOVERY ACT FUNDED PROJECT BREAKS GROUND ON STATE ROUTE 76
  • December 30, 2009District 6 - IMPROVEMENTS ON STATE ROUTE 14 ARE COMPLETED IN KERN COUNTY
  • December 30, 2009 - CALTRANS COMPLETES STIMULUS PROJECT ON INTERSTATE 280
  • December 30, 2009District 10 - FIRST STATE RECOVERY ACT TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN AMADOR COUNTY COMPLETED
  • December 21, 2009 - HWY. 46 PROJECT MOVES FORWARD WITH A FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
  • December 20, 2009 - STATE ROUTE 99 PROJECT FUNDED BY STIMULUS COMPLETED
  • December 16, 2009District 4 - CALTRANS COMPLETES INTERSTATE 880 STIMULUS PROJECT
  • December 16, 2009District 4 - CALTRANS COMPLETES INTERSTATE 880 STIMULUS PROJECT
  • December 10, 2009 - $125 MILLION ALLOCATED TO UPGRADE STATE HIGHWAYS AND DRIVE STATE’S ECONOMIC GROWTH
  • December 3, 2009District 6 - FINAL SEGMENT OF SEQUOIA FREEWAY COMPLETED; CONSTRUCTION BEGINS TO WIDEN KINGS CANYON EXPRESSWAY
  • December 1, 2009 - CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY ON SHANDON SAFETY ROADSIDE REST AREA
  • November 18, 2009 - STIMULUS PROJECT COMPLETED ON U.S. ROUTE 395 IN MONO COUNTY
  • November 18, 2009District 8 - ANOTHER STIMULUS TRANSPORTATION PROJECT COMPLETED IN INLAND EMPIRE
  • November 18, 2009District 4 - FIRST STATE RECOVERY ACT TRANSPORTATION PROJECT IN NAPA COUNTY COMPLETED ON TIME
  • November 18, 2009District 4 - FIRST STATE RECOVERY ACT TRANSPORTATION PROJECT IN SONOMA COUNTY COMPLETED ON TIME, WITHIN BUDGET
  • November 18, 2009 - FIRST STATE RECOVERY ACT TRANSPORTATION PROJECT IN TUOLUMNE COUNTY COMPLETED
  • November 3, 2009 - CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON ORANGE COUNTY´S LARGEST RECOVERY ACT TRANSPORTATION PROJECT
  • October 29, 2009 - STIMULUS FUNDS NEW BUSES IN TRINITY COUNTY
  • October 15, 2009 - CALIFORNIA RECOVERY TASK FORCE ANNOUNCES $53 MILLION IN RECOVERY ACT FUNDS FOR CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
  • October 14, 2009 - AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT PROJECT COMPLETED IN YUBA COUNTY
  • October 12, 2009District 11 - INTERSTATE 805 ECONOMIC STIMULUS PROJECT WILL BRING CONGESTION RELIEF TO SOUTH BAY
  • October 2, 2009 - GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER SUBMITS CALIFORNIA APPLICATIONS FOR $4.7 BILLION IN HIGH-SPEED RAIL RECOVERY ACT FUNDING
  • September 29, 2009 - GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER ANNOUNCES BIDS OPENED ON LONG-AWAITED CALDECOTT TUNNEL EXTENSION
  • September 28, 2009 - GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER ANNOUNCES $34 MILLION IN RECOVERY ACT RURAL TRANSIT GRANTS FOR 141 PROJECTS STATEWIDE
  • September 25, 2009District 3 - AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT PROJECT COMPLETE IN SIERRA COUNTY
  • September 22, 2009District 2 - THIRD AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT PROJECT IN DISTRICT 2 COMPLETE
  • September 16, 2009BRIDGE REHABILITATION PROJECT ON STATE ROUTE 78
  • September 15, 2009 - CALIFORNIA LEADS THE NATION IN RECEIVING RECOVERY ACT FUNDING
  • September 15, 2009District 5 - HIGHWAY 46 SHANDON SAFETY ROADSIDE REST AREA REHABILITATION PROJECT BEGINS NEXT MONTH
  • September 15, 2009District 2 - SECOND AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT PROJECT IN DISTRICT 2 COMPLETE
  • September 14, 2009 - CALIFORNIA LEADS NATION WITH OVER $2 BILLION IN FEDERAL OBLIGATIONS FOR HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION RECOVERY ACT FUNDING
  • September 14, 2009 - FEDERAL STIMULUS AND PROPOSITION 1B FUNDS TO WIDEN INTERSTATE 215
  • September 11, 2009District 6 - STATE ROUTE 204 CHESTER AVENUE BRIDGE TO BE REBUILT WITH FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDS
  • September 10, 2009 - $139 MILLION TARGETED TO UPGRADE TRANSPORTATION AND ENHANCE ECONOMIC GROWTH
  • September 3, 2009 District 3 - GROUNDBREAKING CELEBRATION HELD FOR AN AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT PROJECT IN SOUTH LAKE TAHOE
  • August 31, 2009 - APPARENT LOW BID FOR ADDITIONAL LANES ON INTERSTATE 805
  • August 31, 2009 - FIRST AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT PROJECT IN DISTRICT 2 COMPLETE
  • August 28, 2009District 8 - CALTRANS COMPLETES FIRST HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE STIMULUS PROJECT IN DISTRICT 8
  • August 25, 2009 - GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER SUBMITS APPLICATIONS FOR $1.1 BILLION IN RECOVERY FUNDS FEDERALLY DESIGNATED FOR INTERCITY AND HIGH-SPEED RAIL
  • August 20, 2009 - GUARDRAIL PROJECT ON HIGHWAY 1 TO BEGIN MONDAY
  • August 17, 2009 - NEW ACCELERATION LANE AND LEFT-TURN CHANNEL FOR HIGHWAY 101 BETWEEN KING CITY AND SALINAS
  • August 13, 2009 - $85 MILLION AWARDED TO TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, ENERGIZING STATE'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY
  • August 4, 2009District 2 - WORK STARTED ON ARRA PROJECT ON I-5 NEAR RED BLUFF
  • July 30, 2009 - CALTRANS AND OCTA ANNOUNCE OPENING OF BID SUBMITTALS FOR THE RECOVERY ACT’S $67.8 MILLION SR 91 WIDENING PROJECT
  • July 29, 2009 - ADDITIONAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS AWARDED RECOVERY ACT DOLLARS IN SACRAMENTO REGION
  • July 21, 2009District 2 - RECOVERY ACT FUNDS PROJECT ON STATE ROUTE 36
  • July 9, 2009 - $238 MILLION ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT JOBS AND ENHANCE STATE'S HIGHWAYS AND TRANSIT
  • July 6, 2009 - HIGHWAY 46 SHANDON SAFETY ROADSIDE REST AREA REHABILITATION PROJECT BEGINS NEXT WEEK
  • June 11, 2009 - $128 MILLION ALLOCATED TO TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS TO EXPAND STATE'S ECONOMY. $36 MILLION TARGETED TO STIMULUS PROJECTS
  • May 27, 2009 - STIMULUS DOLLARS GENERATE JOBS, ENABLES CONSTRUCTION TO MOVE FORWARD ON U.S. - MEXICO BORDER PROJECT
  • May 21, 2009 - SMALL BUSINESSES GAIN INCREASED OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE FOR CALTRANS CONTRACTS
  • May 8, 2009 - BILLION-DOLLAR TRANSPORTATION PROJECT PUMPS 18,000 JOBS INTO ECONOMY
  • May 8, 2009 - GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER ANNOUNCES GROUNDBREAKING OF LARGEST HIGHWAY PROJECT IN THE NATION THROUGH ARRA
  • May 4, 2009 - GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER ANNOUNCES EXCEEDING FEDERAL EXPECTATIONS, OBLIGATING $1 BILLION RECOVERY ACT FUNDS TWO MONTHS AHEAD OF DEADLINE
  • May 4, 2009 - PROJECTS IN DISTRICT 5 RECEIVE FUNDING FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
  • April 30, 2009 - GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER ANNOUNCES FIRST CONSTRUCTION GROUNDBREAKING OF A RECOVERY ACT FUNDED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
  • April 16, 2009 - $298 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR TRANSPORTATION TO CREATE JOBS AND MODERNIZE STATE HIGHWAYS
  • April 1, 2009 - MORE FEDERAL ECONOMIC STIMULUS FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
  • March 27, 2009 - NEW LEGISLATION ACCELERATES $835 MILLION IN FEDERAL ECONOMIC STIMULUS FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
  • March 11, 2009 - STATE TAPS 57 TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FOR FEDERAL ECONOMIC STIMULUS FUNDING
  • January 13, 2009 - STATE'S FIRST PROPOSITION 1B FUNDED PROJECT IS COMPLETED

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