This figure does not include projects managed by Thomas Roads Improvement Program (TRIP, a division of this department).
[1] In 1977 the Department of Public Works, began a long term project which would rebuild all of the infrastructure.
An additional $3 million were spent on installation of solar panels to offset future energy cost.
[2] Since 1980, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has tried to construct a freeway through west Bakersfield which would eventually connect State Route 58 with Interstate 5.
Named the Kern River Freeway, the project had opposition with the city over the eastern (SR 58) connection.
Caltrans would drop the eastern connection and give the remaining 8-mile (13 km) segment to the city.
Construction of the initial phase, which includes all but the last two miles (3 km) of freeway and one interchange, is expected to be completed by late 2012.
[4] In 2005, Bakersfield would receive an over $600 million earmark from the Federal Government for transportation projects throughout the city.
It was briefly in charge of the Centennial Corridor (Westside Parkway to SR 58 freeway connection with freeway-to-freeway interchange), but the project was transferred to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).