U.S. Department of Transportation Awards $230 Million
in Aviation and Transportation Grants to California
September 20, 2000

Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding $118 million in aviation grants and $112 million in transportation grants to airports and jurisdictions in California.

“In a state as large as California, the ability to move people and goods is a critical part of keeping the economy moving in the right direction,” Senator Feinstein said. “These grants represent a major investment of federal funding and will help California improve its aviation and transportation infrastructure.”

A full description of each grant is available upon request.

Aviation Grants by Airport
• Arcata - $1,057,914 to rehabilitate taxiway and expand apron and to update master plan
• Burbank - $5 million for noise mitigation measures
• Cedarville - $918,000 to rehabilitate runway
• Chico - $650,000 to upgrade security system and gates and to rehabilitate taxiway
• Corning - $766,000 to acquire land for approaches and to conduct master plan study
• Fresno/Chandler - $1,666,000 to rehabilitate runway, apron and rotating beacon
• Fresno/Yosemite - $7,025,637 for noise mitigation measures and expand terminal building
• Gnoss Field (Novato) - $750,000 to extend runway, rehabilitate drainage and install perimeter fencing
• Gustine - $462,600 to rehabilitate runway and to construct north apron
• Hanford - $675,000 to acquire land for approaches
• Harry Sham Field (Modesto) - $650,000 to rehabilitate taxiways and conduct master plan update
• Hollister - $1,795,270 to acquire land for approaches and rehabilitate airport beacon
• Imperial -$1,465,850 to rehabilitate aprons and rehabilitate terminal building
• Lake Tahoe - $1,272,875 to rehabilitate apron
• Los Banos - $2,592,000 to acquire land and to rehabilitate runway and taxiway
• Madera - $1,207,000 to extend taxiway and to rehabilitate runway lighting
• Mesa Del Rey (King City) - $35,000 to update master plan study
• Monterey - $1,195,875 for noise mitigation measures and to conduct environmental review
• Montgomery Field (San Diego) - $400,000 to instal perimeter fencing
• Napa - $886,500 to extend taxiway and taxilane and to update master plan study
• Oakdale - $2,016,000 to rehabilitate runway and to construct apron guidance signs
• Oakland - $4,006,861 to improve the terminal building
• Ontario - $15,276,504 to acquire land for noise mitigation measures
• Oroville - $192,412 to acquire land for approaches, rehabilitate runway lighting
• Palmdale - $500,000 for the expansion of cargo apron
• Palo Alto - $135,000 to update master plan study
• Paso Robles - $2,058,728 to rehabilitate runway and to install security fencing
• Porterville - $75,000 for master plan study
• Redding - $3,150,000 to rehabilitate terminal building and rehabilitate runway
• Reid-Hillview (Santa Clara County) - $280,000 to update master plan study
• Rio Vista -$243,000 to rehabilitate runways, taxiway and apron
• Rogers Field (Chester) - $104,490 to acquire land for approaches
• Rohnerville - $198,000 to acquire land for approaches
• Sacramento Mather - $2,125,000 to rehabilitate taxiway and to update master plan study
• Sacramento Metropolitan - $5,659,904 to rehabilitate and expand apron
• San Diego Int’l /Lindberg Field - $10,816,000 measures, to rehabilitate runways, taxiway and apron
• San Francisco Int’l - $18,185,276 for nosie mitigation measures and to rehabilitate apron and taxiway
• Santa Barbara Municipal- $5,232,853 to rehabilitate taxiways and acquire land for noise compatibility
• Sonoma County - $650,000 to construct Phase I of terminal building
• South County Airport of Santa Clara County - $235,000 to conduct master plan update
• Stockton - $2,229,300 to extend the runway and to relocate equipment building
• Turlock - $145,8000 to update master plan study
• Twentynine Palms - $1,837,464 to relocate runway
• Visalia - $650,000 to acquire land for approaches and to acquire pavement sweeper
• Westover Field (Jackson) - $121,500 to update master plan study

Federal Transit Grants
• Los Angeles County MTA - $49,053,936 for continued design and construction of the North Hollywood extension of the Metro Red Line rail project
• Sacramento Regional Transit District - $24,526,968 for South Sacramento Corridor Project
• Orange Country Transportation Authority - $4,103,680 for eight 40-foot natural gas buses and to construct an intermodal facility in Buena Park
• The Southern California Regional Rail Authority - $1,989,316 for San Bernardino Metrolink Extension Project
• The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority -$19,621,574 for Tasman Corridor Extension
• The North San Diego County Transit Development Board in Oceanside - $4,680,161 for the purchase of 15 natural gas buses and a natural gas fueling station to be built in Escondido
• Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority - $3,435,491 for 8, 60-foot low-floor articulated buses
• The Riverside Transit Agency in Riverside - $2,466,994 for design and engineering of a bus facility on a site owned by the Agency in Perris, Ca. The site will accommodate 50 buses at first, and expand to 200 buses as demand increases
• The City of Folsom - $1,465,794 for design and construction of the City of Folsom Historic Railroad Block Multi-modal Transportation Facility
• The City of Vallejo - $992,500 for 3 buses for expansion
• Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission - $180,000 to conduct airport metropolitan system plan study