Rep. Mike Thompson Announces $1.4 Million in Federal Funding for Transportation Improvements
Funding will improve bicycle and pedestrian safety at Redwood National Park and the Elk Valley Reservation
“The Humboldt Road Safety Improvement Project is a high priority for the region to provide transportation safety while strengthening the local economy,” said Rep. Thompson. “Once completed, this project will allow people to finally move in and around a critical intersection of Redwood National Park and the Elk Valley Reservation. These improvements are necessary and long overdue.”
This funding will be used to make safety improvements to a road intersection just outside Redwood National Park that has a high accident rate. Pedestrians, bicyclists and equestrians, many of whom are entering and leaving Redwood National Park and the Elk Valley reservation, are not able to find safe passage through this intersection and along Humboldt Road.
The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded this grant through the Public Lands Highways Discretionary Program Fund (PHDP). The PLHD Program provides federal funding for highways, roads, parkways, and transit facilities that are within, adjacent to, or provide access to Indian reservations and Federal public lands, including national parks, refuges, forests, recreation areas, and grasslands.
“Receipt of the Public Lands Highway Discretionary funds will improve the safety of Humboldt Road for all members of the community, especially those traveling to the Elk Valley Rancheria” said Elk Valley Chairman Dale Miller. “It is vital that we use every tool at our disposal to ensure the safety of all community members and I am very proud that the Elk Valley Rancheria, California successfully utilized various Tribal and federal resources to accomplish this goal of community wide importance.”
Congressman Mike Thompson is proud to represent California's 1st Congressional District, which includes Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, and portions of Sonoma and Yolo counties. He is a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Rep. Thompson is also a member of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition and Co-Chair of the bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Wine Caucus.