GUSTINE, CA – The City of Gustine celebrated the completion of the roundabout at the intersection of Highway 140 and Highway 33 at a ribbon cutting event today held in conjunction with Caltrans and the Merced County Association of Governments.
The project consists of a single lane roundabout on State Route 140/33 at the intersection of Fourth Street and Sixth Avenue on SR-33/140. Changes to the intersection also include the realignment of Railroad Avenue, the rehabilitation of underground city utilities within the project limits, and the construction of a woonerf between Ash Ave. and Railroad Ave. A woonerf is a Dutch term for a common space created to be shared by pedestrians, bicyclists, and low speed motor vehicles.
“This project completion is due to the fantastic collaboration of many entities, including Caltrans, Merced County, Merced County Association of Government, our City Engineering Firm, Gouveia Engineering, and many of our city officials and staff,” said Mayor Pat Nagy. “At the state and national level, we received help and guidance from our congressional representatives. Everyone involved has labored long and arduously on this project. And I want to thank and praise everyone for sticking with it and seeing it through the long process to today’s final completion.”
The ribbon cutting marks the culmination of more than 10 years of cooperative planning and work. The project is funded by a combination of $2.4 million in federal Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) funds, $810,000 in Westside Regional Measure V funds, and $800,000 in a combination of local Measure V, City Water, and City Sewer funds. Measure V is a half-cent sales tax collected in Merced County used solely for the purposes of enhancing local transportation infrastructure. The City of Gustine, along with other local jurisdictions, receives funding for ‘local’ transportation projects but is also eligible for Measure V funding for larger ‘regional’ transportation projects.
The project was awarded by the Gustine City Council to Agee Construction Corporation of Clovis, CA.
Caltrans reminds motorists to #KnowBeforeYouGo by checking www.quickmap.dot.ca.gov for real-time highway conditions prior to travel. For the safety of workers and other motorists, please Be Work Zone Alert. For more information about transportation projects funded with state and federal investments, visit RebuildingCA.ca.gov.
Merced County Association Governments (MCAG) is the designated Local Transportation Authority for Merced County and is responsible for the implementation and administration of Measure V. Information about Measure V, including financial statements and specific project information, can be found at www.mcagov.org/MeasureV.
