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Mid‑County Parkway segment to widen choke point; bids expected this summer
Summary
The Riverside County Transportation Commission updated the MAC on MCP3: the project will widen a one‑mile bottleneck to four lanes, build two bridges and a wildlife undercrossing, add buffered bike lanes, and is on track to be advertised for bid pending federal authorization with construction expected to begin next year and take about two years.
Jordan Ed, a capital‑projects representative with the Riverside County Transportation Commission, briefed the MAC on the Mid‑County Parkway MCP3 segment. Ed said the 8.6‑segment portion under discussion will widen an existing one‑mile two‑lane section to four lanes (two lanes each direction), construct two bridges (including a new bridge over the San Jacinto River) and a wildlife undercrossing west of Bridge Street, install buffered Class II bike lanes, and build a raised median to improve safety.
Ed said design was completed earlier this year, CTC authorization for construction was obtained in June, and the project is awaiting final authorization from the Federal Highway Administration before being advertised for bids (target advertisement date around July 30). If procurement proceeds as planned, the authority expects to award a contract late this year, with construction beginning soon after and roughly two years until the corridor is open to the public. “This project is constructing more than half of this MCP… it’s going to be four lanes total, two lanes in each direction,” Ed told the MAC.
Why it matters: the segment addresses a known one‑lane bottleneck in a corridor that now mostly has two lanes each way; project elements target safety (raised median, separated lanes), multimodal access (buffered bike lanes) and environmental mitigation (wildlife crossing). Ed offered fact sheets and asked residents to sign up for construction alerts via info@rctc.org.
Next steps: RCTC will seek final federal authorization, advertise the project for bid (target July 30), and notify the MAC and community when passive construction notifications and a contractor are selected.
