Project to add lane to Hwy. 101

VTA project to ease congestion in east San Jose
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has
secured $4.365 million of funding for a project designed to ease
traffic congestion on Highway 101 in east San Jose.
Construction of the first phase of the U.S. Highway 101-Yerba
Buena to Interstate 280 Project will begin in earnest this spring
and includes adding a lane on southbound U.S. 101 from south of
Story Road to north of Capitol Expressway and reconstruction of the
U.S. 101/Tully Road interchange.
VTA project to ease congestion in east San Jose

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has secured $4.365 million of funding for a project designed to ease traffic congestion on Highway 101 in east San Jose.

Construction of the first phase of the U.S. Highway 101-Yerba Buena to Interstate 280 Project will begin in earnest this spring and includes adding a lane on southbound U.S. 101 from south of Story Road to north of Capitol Expressway and reconstruction of the U.S. 101/Tully Road interchange. 

Later work includes adding an access ramp from southbound U.S. 101 to Yerba Buena Road, and reconfiguration of the U.S. 101/Capitol Expressway interchange.

After the new funding was announced, Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese said, “Making improvements to U.S. 101 not only puts people to work and ensures that the funds stay in the area, it also puts the remaining construction phases of the project in excellent shape to compete for future transportation funding programs.”

The newly-acquired project funding comes from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, which is the transportation planning and financing agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. 

The funds contribute to construction of the first phase and also allow design on later phases of the project to proceed.