Sacramento advances $500 million I-5 toll lane project

The Sacramento Transportation Authority has approved a series of agreements and funding actions to advance a proposed $450 million to $500 million managed-lane project on Interstate 5 toward environmental clearance, tolling authorization, and construction funding. The project would add one new high-occupancy toll lane in each direction between

Long-planned I-80/SR 65 interchange fix faces $800M funding challenge

Transportation officials in Placer County are looking at breaking up the long-planned I-80/SR 65 interchange improvement project into smaller, more fundable pieces as the full buildout remains far beyond currently available funding. Placer County Transportation Planning Agency (PCTPA) held a two-day value engineering workshop on March

West Sacramento loan to help fund Yolo 80 toll lanes before toll revenue begins

The Capital Area Regional Tolling Authority (CARTA) approved a loan agreement on April 29 with the city of West Sacramento for up to $14 million, providing the new tolling agency with a funding source to cover operating and administrative costs before the planned 2028 launch of toll lanes on Interstate

Placer County approves $61.6 million contract to begin Placer Parkway construction

More than two decades after planners first mapped out a new expressway for south Placer County, the project is finally set to break ground. The Placer County Board of Supervisors unanimously awarded a $61.6 million construction contract on Tuesday, formally launching the first phase of the Placer Parkway. The

Rocklin works toward federal funding for long-planned I-80/Rocklin Road interchange project

Yolo 80 express lanes one step closer as toll policies move ahead

The Capital Area Regional Tolling Authority (CARTA) closed out its final meeting of 2025 with two decisions that move the Yolo 80 express lanes another step toward operation. Directors finalized how the lanes will function and gave the go-ahead to launch a key contract needed to run the tolling

Placer Parkway’s first phase set to break ground in 2026.

Placer County supervisors have officially cleared the way for construction to begin on Phase I of the Placer Parkway, a long-planned regional expressway that will connect State Route 65 in Rocklin to Highways 70/99 in Sutter County. The Board of Supervisors approved three key actions during its October

A decade later, Rancho Cordova’s long-promised Highway 50 interchange is finally moving forward.

A decade after Gold River residents packed City Hall to protest it, the long-planned U.S. 50/Rancho Cordova Parkway Interchange is finally moving forward — this time with renewed funding, final design work underway, and a city that looks very different from when the project was first approved. Back

Elk Grove seeks public feedback on Blue Line extension.

Elk Grove is weighing how to move people more efficiently as the city grows south. The question is whether to extend light rail from Cosumnes River College further down Bruceville Road and Big Horn Boulevard or to build a bus rapid transit system that could cover the same corridor with

Sacramento’s first express lanes are coming to I-80 and U.S. 50. Here’s who won’t have to pay.

Sacramento’s new regional toll authority is still years away from collecting its first dollar, but the debate over who pays—and who doesn’t—has already begun. On September 5, the Capital Area Regional Tolling Authority (CARTA) voted to make express lanes free for carpools of three or more

The Capital SouthEast Connector: A partial revival of Sacramento’s forgotten beltway.

In the decades following World War II, Sacramento's future appeared destined to unfold along an ambitious web of highways. City planners and state engineers envisioned a comprehensive network of beltways, bypasses, and expressways designed to accommodate the capital's postwar growth and transform it into a well-

Southbound deck teardown begins on Business 80’s American River Bridge overhaul.

The American River Bridge deck replacement project is now in its third and final stage, with crews currently demolishing the existing concrete deck on the southbound lanes. Construction on the $216 million project began in early 2022. The first stage involved building a new substructure to support widening the bridge