East Bay's efforts to ease traffic congestion to gets a boost from Caltrans.
"The East Bay has hit an $84 million jackpot in Caltrans' biannual list of transportation projects that the state agency proposes to fund from its share of federal and state gas taxes.Some of the region's most crowded highways and biggest choke-points will get extra cash for improvements."
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
FULL STORY: $84 million to ease the traffic
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