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12/13/2022
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) has approved the award of $67.8 million to the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments to help fund the Montebello Boulevard grade separation project in the city of Montebello.
The $190.8 million project calls for constructing a roadway underpass on Montebello Boulevard with a new railroad bridge and vehicle bridge for Olympic Boulevard to eliminate collisions and reduce congestion.
The project also will include at-grade crossing safety improvements at the Greenwood Avenue, Vail Avenue and Maple Avenue crossings, council officials said in a press release.
Funding for the grade separation project includes a $49 million grant issued through the state’s Trade Corridor Enhancement Program and $18.8 million in state bond funds from the Proposition 1B Trade Corridor Improvement Fund. The council will later ask for bids from contractors.
The CTC also awarded a $5.9 million grant for bicycle and pedestrian improvements at two grade crossings on Greenwood and Vail avenues in Montebello. Those funds come from the 2023 Active Transportation Program, California’s competitive grant program which issued just over $1 billion in funds to 93 critical transportation projects across the state.
The Montebello Boulevard crossing is used by 21,700 vehicles per day and blocked by a daily average of 43 trains, including 12 Metrolink regional commuter-rail trains. The Federal Railroad Administration has recorded three collisions at the crossing within the most recent 10 years, resulting in one fatality and one injury.
The Montebello Boulevard project was ranked no. 17 on the California Grade Separation Fund Priority List for fiscal-year 2020-2021, as compiled by the California Public Utilities Commission based on vehicular traffic, train counts and crossing collisions.