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Goal is to fund 2nd phase of 99/120 work
SEEKING FEDERAL DOLLARS
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The first phase of the Highway 120.Highewya 99 interchange upgrade includes the replacement of the nearby Austin Road overcrossing.

Leaders from throughout San Joaquin County in a united effort successfully lobbied federal officials last year to secure $5 million to go toward the second phase of the upgrade of the Highway 99 and 120 Bypass interchange.

The interchange work was identified as a high priority project by the San Joaquin Council of Governments (SCJOG) due to its regional importance in moving goods as well as serving commuters.

As such, it will be among the projects the SJCOG One Voice effort will advocate for additional federal funding when they travel to Washington, D.C., this Spring

The goal, noted Manteca Mayor Gary Singh who serves on the SJCOG board, is to have funding in place before work on the first phase breaks that ground this Fall is completed. That way work could start immediately on the next phase of the three-part project.

Officials hope to have $28.1 million secured for the second phase from federal, state, and local sources to allow that to happen.

The first phase — a $51.6 million endeavor that adds a second transition lane from the westbound 120 Bypass to southbound 99 — also replaces the Austin Road interchange and reconfigures segments of Woodward Avenue and Moffat Boulevard.

If all goes well, work on the first phase of the project would be completed in winter of 2025.

The second phase costing $28.1 million involves widening the 99 northbound transition lanes to two. Doing so would require a new eastbound 120 to northbound 99 ramp and bridge across Highway 99.

The current ramp and bridge would be converted to two lanes heading west by removing the median barrier on the existing ramp.

The second phase’s final design is expected to be completed in the spring of 2024 .

The third and final phase would include braided ramps for southbound traffic on Highway 99 and eastbound traffic on the 120 Bypass to exit at Austin Road and a braided ramps for traffic from Austin Road headed north on Highway 99 and west on the 120 Bypass.

 It would also add a third travel lane on the 120 Bypass between Main Street and the Highway 99 interchange.

 

To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com