Route 60 Truck Lanes
Status: Completed Construction
Location: Western Riverside County
Type of Project: Highways
Location: State Route 60 between Gilman Springs Road to 1.4 miles west of Jack Rabbit Trail, unincorporated Riverside County
Construction: July 2019 to Summer 2022
Investment: $138.4 Million; $113 Million in Construction Costs
Jobs Created: 2,491
OVERVIEW
RCTC, in partnership with Caltrans, widened a 4.5-mile section of Route 60 from Gilman Springs Road to 1.4 miles west of Jack Rabbit Trail in Riverside County’s Badlands between Moreno Valley and Beaumont. The project was within mountainous terrain with a curving alignment and steep grades. The project was designed to improve safety and efficiency of travel between the Coachella Valley and western Riverside County. Click here to view project videos.Â
Project features included:
- Constructing an eastbound truck climbing lane
- Constructing a westbound truck descending lane
- Widening shoulders to standard widths – 12-foot exterior shoulders and 11-foot interior shoulders
- Establishing two wildlife crossings and placing wildlife fencing
- Improving motorist sight distance by flattening roadway curves
Project construction will occur from June 2019 to summer 2022. Please see the Construction Updates and the Shifting Gears newsletter below for project progress.
The $113 million construction investment is funded by a combination of state, federal and local sources, including Measure A, the voter-approved half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements in Riverside County.
- Shifting Gears Newsletter — Summer 2022
- Shifting Gears Newsletter — Winter 2022
- Shifting Gears Newsletter — Spring/Summer 2021
- Shifting Gears Newsletter — Winter 2020
- Shifting Gears Newsletter — Summer 2020
- Shifting Gears Newsletter — Winter/Spring 2020
- Shifting Gears Newsletter — October 2019
- Shifting Gears Newsletter — September 2019
- Shifting Gears Newsletter — August 2019
Construction will take place from June 2019 to summer 2022. View the schedule and staging exhibits from open houses held in June 2019.
- June 2014: Caltrans issues the Final Initial Study with Mitigated Negative Declaration/Environmental Assessment with Finding of No Significant Impact.
- October 2015: Caltrans issues the Recirculated Initial Study with Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration/Environmental Assessment.
- November 2015: Caltrans hosts public hearing for the Recirculated Initial Study with Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration/Environmental Assessment.
- May 2016: RCTC approves the Environmental Impact Report and is challenged in state court by a group of plaintiffs.
- June 2018: RCTC resolves litigation for project – Click here for more information.
- June 2018: RCTC begins advertising for construction management services.
- October 2018: RCTC begins advertising for construction bids.
- December 2018: RCTC awards contract for construction management services.
- January 2019: RCTC awards construction contract.
- August 2019 – March 2020: Six month westbound lane closure to complete the project one year earlier than originally planned.
- Summer 2022 – Anticipated opening of new lanes.
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Videos:
Environmental Documents
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- Initial Study with MND / Environmental Assessment with FONSI, click here.
- Recirculated IS/EA, click here.
- Superseded DED (also referenced as original IS/EA), click here.
For questions related to the 60 Truck Lanes Project, please email info@rctc.org.