Press Release
Posted:
Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) announced that three projects in Yolo County will receive a total of $2,332,291 in funding from the government funding agreement that will be considered by Congress later this week. Rep. Thompson secured $14,992,105 total for projects in California’s Fourth District.
“Community Project Funding requests allow our region to receive funding from the federal government for projects that will help improve our communities and invest in local priorities,” said Thompson. “I worked with partners in Yolo County to identify these projects as priorities that would help improve pedestrian safety, develop an local community center, and provide more robust fire-fighting tools. I look forward to seeing this funding help advance these important projects.”
The projects in Yolo County are:
• $1,050,000 for the I-5/SR 113 Connectors as part of the East Main Street Neighborhood Livability Project in Woodland
• $850,000 for the South Davis Library and Community Center Project
• $432,291 for a Fire Truck for the Clarksburg Fire Protection District
Background on these projects can be found below.
The East Main Street Neighborhood Livability Project will construct crucial freeway-to-freeway connectors between Interstate 5 and State Route 113 in Woodland. Current traffic must exit the freeway use City streets to travel between northbound I-5 and southbound SR 113 as well as northbound SR 113 and southbound I-5. The project will deliver economic, safety, sustainability, and livability benefits by completing the only east-west freeway route within the region aside from I-80, which also serves as the only east-west overweight truck route in the entire Sacramento region. The project facilitates better access to regional commercial centers and the Sacramento International Airport, and better support Woodland's thriving food and agriculture processing economy. Locally, the project will enhance safety for Woodland residents and visitors by removing interstate highway traffic from local roads and providing safe routes for bicyclists and pedestrians and facilitate crucial East-West emergency response.
The South Davis Library and Community Center Project will help to build a library in South Davis, an economically disadvantaged portion of the city which has experienced significant population growth over the past two decades. The building will also serve as a community center for the impoverished area, providing a facility that would be a warming/cooling center and a place where residents can go for smoke relief during wildfires, and power outages and extreme weather events.
The Clarksburg Fire District Water Tender will significantly enhance the safety and resources for fire protection in the rural district by replacing aging equipment as well as allow for the expanding participation in mutual aid agreements with neighboring fire districts, the State of California, and Federal agencies. This new apparatus will improve the district’s ability to response to fires effectively, providing a valuable water resource given the lack of municipal water sources (hydrants) in the area.