Executive Summary
The Problem: A Vital Transportation Link in Peril
The numbers tell the story: every day, more than 356,000 personal and commercial vehicles struggle to navigate their way through the “57/60 Confluence”, the two mile long stretch where the two state freeways coincide. That’s more than 100 million vehicles per year that deal with the merging and lane changing required by a design that is almost 40 years old!
The result? A freeway segment listed as No. 1 for freight delays and truck accidents in California, and ranked as the 8th worst bottleneck in the Nation, with levels of congestion, pollution and accidents that are simply unacceptable and which have Statewide and National implications.

The Solution: The 57/60 Confluence Project
The 57/60 Confluence Project is a three-phase program of improvements consisting of ramp and interchange reconfigurations as well as the addition of auxiliary collector/distributor and bypass lanes to significantly reduce the weaving and the resulting congestion and accidents.
Phase I is the construction of a $13 million westbound on-ramp at Grand Avenue. It is fully funded with a $6.5 million MTA grant and Local match funding.
Phase IIA is the construction of $16.8 million street widening improvements in the vicinity of Grand Avenue and Golden Springs Drive. It is fully funded with a $6.8 million grant from MTA and Local match funding.
Phase IIB is the construction of $21.2 million westbound freeway off-ramp and auxiliary lane to Grand Avenue. It is fully funded with a $9.4 million MTA grant, a $10 million TIGER grant and local match funding.
Phase III is the freeway mainline improvements and by-pass connectors valued at $205 million.
Funding: A Federal-State-Local Partnership
The project will be funded with a combination of local, State and Federal sources and will be constructed in three-phases. The precise mix of funds is yet to be determined, although the project’s proponents are committed to exploring every possibility at every level. In 2009, with the strong support of our congressional delegation, the project sponsors made a request for $155 million in Federal funding in connection with the pending Federal Re-authorization of transportation programs, which represents approximately 60% of total project cost of $256 million.
The City of Industry has pledged $35 million to the project. The project received a $6.5 million funding commitment from LACMTA to complete Phase I. Phase IIA of the project received an additional $6.8 million funding commitment from LACMTA. In 2011, the project received a $9.4 million funding commitment from LACMTA and $10 million in TIGER funds in 2014 to complete Phase IIB. The combination of Local and Metro funding brings the funds committed to the project to $68 million.
Project proponents are continuously working with Local and State authorities to meet the goal of providing the required non-Federal match monies. In 2009, the LACMTA included the project in its financially constrained Long Range Transportation Plan, although not in a time frame that is conducive to timely implementation. In the months ahead, the City will be working with financial experts to creatively explore ways to line up funding consistent with the project implementation plan. Examples include, but are not limited to: contractor financing via a public-private partnership; seeking a Federal TIFIA loan; Federal Government sponsored Qualified Transportation Improvement Bonds; and the California State Infrastructure Bank. In addition, recognizing the statewide significance of the project, proponents will be talking to Caltrans, the California Transportation Commission and the Brown administration in Sacramento to determine the appropriate State share of funding for the project.