Local communities will benefit from Caltrans grants.

Caltrans announced $23.6 million in planning grants to 58 local projects statewide. The Torres Martinez Band of Desert Cahuilla Indians will receive $593,000 to modernize zoning, streamline development approvals and integrate climate-resilient transportation and land use design standards. 

Imperial County Transportation Commission has been awarded $308,000 to develop a comprehensive strategic transit-oriented development plan to integrate housing, land use and public transportation around existing transit centers and key transportation corridors. The plan would also include transit center planning in the communities of Calipatria, Hebe, Holtville, Westmorland and Seeley.