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Kern COG outlines highway and local road projects, pushes for federal funding for California City Boulevard interchange
Summary
Jay Schlosser, executive director of the Kern Council of Governments, briefed California City council Sept. 23 on the agency's role in long-range transportation planning, project funding and ongoing efforts to secure federal and Caltrans funding for safety improvements at the California City Boulevard/Highway 58 interchange.
California City — Jay Schlosser, the newly appointed executive director of the Kern Council of Governments (Kern COG), told the California City Council on Sept. 23 that Kern COG manages long-range transportation planning and distributes federal and state transportation dollars countywide, and that the agency is actively pursuing funds to improve the California City Boulevard interchange with Highway 58.
Schlosser said Kern COG serves as the region's metropolitan planning organization and the county's transportation authority, responsible for identifying projects, modeling traffic and channeling state and federal grants. "We allocate, manage federal and state monies that come to this region and we act as a regional liaison with an eye for the future…
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