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Caltrans updates: FTIP hearing opened, grant opportunities and multiple project progress reports
Summary
Caltrans staff presented several regional project updates and funding notices, including an open public hearing on Amendment 5 to the 2025 Federal Transportation Improvement Program, notice of discretionary grant opportunities, and progress reports on local safety and rehabilitation projects.
Caltrans provided the Kern Council of Governments with a batch of program and project updates covering funding opportunities, staffing, and the status of several roadway and transit projects across Kern County.
At the meeting a Caltrans staff member opened a public hearing on Amendment 5 to the 2025 Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP); no public comments were offered and the hearing was closed. Caltrans also announced that staff had signed the final Overall Work Program (OWP) and self-certification for the 2025–26 cycle and thanked Kern COG staff for an on-time submittal.
Grant opportunities and discretionary programs highlighted included Sustainable Transportation Planning grants (FY 2024–25), state SB 1 discretionary programs (TSEP and LPP), USDOT’s Safe Streets for All grant program (applications accepted through June 26), and a USDOT Build America Bureau notice of funding opportunity for Regional Infrastructure Accelerators (up to $20 million; applications due June 16). Caltrans staff offered to provide letters of support upon request.
Project updates: District 6 staff summarized several projects, including the 99 Corridor Management and Capacity Plan draft delay due to modeling corrections, a current 178 stormwall project nearing backfill and scour-zone work, and a range of local intersection, roundabout and pedestrian-safety projects in Delano, Wasco and other cities. District 9 reported a May 6 ribbon-cutting for a new Tehachapi maintenance station and progress on a Kern County pedestrian safety project, median safety-device upgrades on SR‑58 between business 58 and Borax Road, and three slab-replacement locations on SR‑58 between Hart Flat Road and Boron overcrossing.
Caltrans also reiterated that maintenance work scheduled in the near term will use one-way traffic control rather than major closures and gave tentative target dates for several projects’ design and construction phases. Staff noted that the draft 99 Corridor Management and Capacity Plan will be delayed while modeling errors are corrected; a revised draft was described as possible within six weeks of the update.
Why it matters: The announcements affect local project funding timelines, application windows for discretionary grants and the schedule for safety and pavement work that could change traffic patterns across the county.
Ending: Caltrans staff asked jurisdictions seeking support letters for discretionary grant applications to contact the district office and said more detailed project schedules and documents would follow as modeling, design reviews and right-of-way clearances proceed.
