Jurupa Valley details $28 million street push, traffic safety steps and multi-year interchange plans

City public-works staff told the Jurupa Valley Public Works committee that the city is executing an unusually large one-time street program funded largely with ARPA resources and that multiple design-heavy transportation projects are underway.

Paul, the department presenter, said the city received about $28,000,000 in one-time federal ARPA funding and that roughly $20,000,000 has been devoted to street overlays and paving. "We got about $28,000,000 — $20,000,000 was just allocated to fix the streets," Paul said. He described an aggressive program that will keep staff and contractors busy over the next four to six months and urged continued grant-seeking to supplement local funds.

Paul described Pacific Avenue bicycle and pedestrian project Phase 2 (from 42nd Street to Limonite) as a fully grant-funded corridor improvement intended to relieve interchange congestion near schools. He also said the city has initiated Caltrans' PAED (project approval and environmental documentation) process for two State Route 60 interchange upgrades and provided a preliminary estimate of about $65 million for one interchange project; Caltrans approval is required before design and construction can proceed.

On street condition, Paul said Jurupa Valley's pavement-management index (PMI) is roughly 52 compared with an average around 67 for California cities and told the committee the city would need close to $9 million annually to maintain the current condition; the city currently programs about $4 million in local funds for maintenance.

Paul also discussed traffic-safety work: the city is pursuing a traffic-signal interconnect upgrade, experimenting with striping and lane-narrowing treatments to slow speeds, and planning community engagement forums to address fatalities and speeding. "There is no one simple solution to this problem," Paul said, describing traffic calming as a multi-pronged effort involving infrastructure changes and enforcement.

Why it matters: The one-time ARPA investment plus ongoing local funds will set paving priorities for the near term but do not permanently close the local funding gap required to sustain street conditions. The SR-60 interchange work will require multi-year coordination with Caltrans and substantial funding beyond the city's one-time allocations.

What's next: Staff said designs will continue, grant applications will proceed, and the city will move into separate design phases as Caltrans completes its environmental approvals.