Route 79 realignment project

long-term

RCTC, in partnership with Caltrans, the County of Riverside and the cities of San Jacinto and Hemet, proposes to realign Route 79 between Domenigoni Parkway and Gilman Springs Road, in the San Jacinto-Hemet areas. The Environmental Document for the project was approved in December 2016. The project is in the expenditure plan for Measure A, the voter-approved half-cent sales tax measure for transportation improvements in Riverside County. Measure A will fund a portion of the project. However, the expenditure plan assumed 50 percent of all project expenses would be paid for with federal and state transportation funding sources. These sources are currently funded far below historical levels; therefore, until additional funding is available, RCTC cannot proceed with right-of-way acquisition or construction of the project.

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