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CVAG director outlines $3.5 billion regional CIP, I‑10 study and plans to extend CV Link into Desert Hot Springs
Summary
Tom Kirk of the Coachella Valley Association of Governments briefed the Desert Hot Springs council on a regional capital improvement program totaling about $3.5 billion (approximately $2.7 billion unfunded), an I‑10 corridor study, a warehouse/trucking impact study, progress on CV Sync and plans to extend CV Link into Desert Hot Springs; CVCC announced a $500,000 cleanup grant and a $250,000 contract for initial cleanup work.
Tom Kirk, executive director of the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG), told the Desert Hot Springs City Council on June 17 that CVAG is updating a regional capital improvement program that lists roughly $3.5 billion in projects produced over the last decade, with about $2.7 billion remaining unfunded.
"We don't have enough money to build all of these projects," Kirk said, describing construction‑cost escalation and noting the top priorities include the Monroe and Jackson interchanges, which have seen large cost increases. He said Monroe’s estimate rose from about $77 million three years ago to about $177 million today.
Kirk described several…
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