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Council accepts $6.2 million in Caltrans safety grants to upgrade signals, crosswalks and bike lanes
Summary
City staff said three Caltrans Highway Safety Improvement Program awards total roughly $6.21 million, with a $1.4 million local match, to replace signal controllers citywide, add high‑visibility pedestrian crossings and build buffered bike lanes on Van Buren Boulevard.
The Riverside City Council authorized acceptance of three Caltrans Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) grants on April 22 that together provide approximately $6,209,000 in state funding for traffic‑safety projects, city traffic staff said. The projects require a local match totaling about $1,400,000 and bring the combined project cost to roughly $7.6 million.
Philip Natayama, the city traffic engineer, told the council the awards resulted from three successful grant applications filed in 2024. The largest component is a program to replace the city's remaining traffic signal controllers — 64 devices citywide — completing a…
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