Miller Hopes $390 Million Fixes 91 Freeway Woes

Washington, May 22 -

As 320,000 daily commuters can attest, something needs to be done to fix the gridlock on the 91 freeway. And Congressman Miller thinks he may have the answer.



He introduced a bill on May 10 that would authorize $390 million to improve traffic flow on the

busy Southern California freeway , including:

• $221.3 million to add one lane in each direction between State Route 55 and Riverside County.


• $40.7 million to add an auxiliary lane in each direction from State Route 241 to State
  
  Route 71.


• $7.1 million to eliminate a chokepoint caused by CalTrans' truck weigh station.


• $56 million to build a direct connector from the 91 Express (toll) Lanes to State Route 241.


• $65 million to divert truck traffic off the 91 freeway by building a freeway-to-freeway
  
  connector between Interstate 5 and State Route 56, making it an alternative east-west
  
  corridor.

The 91 and the 91 Express (toll) Lanes handle 320,000 vehicles on a weekday. By 2030, daily

usage is projected by transportation officials to swell to 450,000.



The bill, HR 5329, commonly known as the “California State Route 91 Congestion Relief Act,” is

supported by Congressmen Ken Calvert (R-Riverside) and Don Young (R-Alaska), chairman of

the House Transportation Committee. Mr. Miller is the only California Republican on the House

Transportation Committee.