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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Jerry McNerney (CA-11) announced that key projects in San Joaquin County should receive federal funding, based on his requests. The funds will be used for essential transportation, levee and water projects. The projects were included in the Appropriations bill that passed the House yesterday. The Senate is expected to take up the bill next week.
“These projects are an important part of getting our economy back on track and have critical value to the entire region,” Rep. McNerney said. “At a time when unemployment is 13 percent in San Joaquin County, this injection of capital into the local economy is more important than ever. California’s families need the jobs that projects like these can help create.”
“I’m proud to support projects like these that will improve our roads and transportation systems, protect our levees, and address the availability of water for our families,” Rep. McNerney said.
Descriptions of the projects along with the dollar amounts secured appear below.
$950,000 for Reconstruction of the French Camp/I-5 Interchange and Sperry Road Extension: Funding will be used to reconstruct the French Camp/I-5 Interchange and connect Sperry Road from Performance Drive to French Camp Road east of I-5. Reconstructing the freeway interchange and extending Sperry Road to meet it will provide for a more efficient flow of goods and services to and from the Stockton Metropolitan Airport, the Port of Stockton, and a large and growing commercial and industrial area.
$950,000 for I-205/Lammers Road Interchange Improvements: Funding will be used for architectural, engineering, and right-of-way acquisition costs associated with the construction of a new I-205 interchange at Lammers Road. The project is necessary to relieve traffic congestion from the I-205 corridor to Tracy and Mountain House.
$5 million for Stockton Ship Channel Maintenance: Funding will be used to conduct maintenance dredging and riverbank protection along the 35-feet deep Stockton Ship Channel on the San Joaquin River, which extends from Suisun Bay to the turning basin at the Port of Stockton and includes the California counties of Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Solano.
$454,000 for Lower San Joaquin River Projects Study: A top priority of San Joaquin Council of Governments and San Joaquin County, funding for the Lower San Joaquin River Projects will be used for the large-scale Lower San Joaquin River Reconnaissance Study which will determine a wide range of necessary projects in the San Joaquin Delta, such as flood damage reduction, ecosystem restoration, shoreline, or streambank protection, and water quality enhancement. The Delta is the predominant source of potable and agricultural water for more than 25 million Californians.
$1.34 million for the San Francisco Bay to Stockton Project: Funding will be used to continue environmental studies on the navigation channels extending from the San Francisco Bay entrance to the Port of Stockton. The channels comprise a major waterborne transportation artery for all deep draft vessel traffic through the Golden Gate into the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta. Currently, many deep-draft vessels using the existing navigation channels must carry only partial loads, partially off-load into smaller vessels, or wait for favorable tides before transiting the channels - all of which result in increased transportation costs. Deepening the channel will allow for more efficient use of the channel, and will subsequently decrease truck traffic on congested roadways.
$287,000 for the Farmington Groundwater Recharge Project: Funding will be used for the development of a conveyance-distribution system to provide surface water to selected sites as part of the Farmington Groundwater Recharge Project, underway in Eastern San Joaquin County.
$250,000 for the Mokelumne River Regional Water Storage and Conjunctive Use Project: Funding will be used to capture unappropriated flows from the Mokelumne River and regulate supply to an integrated system of conjunctive use projects. This will provide additional water supply and reliability for San Joaquin County and potentially for an even larger area.
$4.79 million for the CALFED Delta Levee Stability Program: Funding will be used to identify and prioritize levee stability projects in the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta as part of the ongoing CALFED Levee Stability Program. The intent of the Delta Levee Feasibility study is to provide funding for 54 previously approved flood protection projects that will benefit businesses and homeowners in the San Joaquin Delta.
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