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Future Planning

The San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG), its member jurisdictions, and other regional planning agencies continuously plan future projects to enhance safety, expand connectivity, reduce congestion, and improve air quality. Measure K makes San Joaquin County a “self-help county” by leveraging that money to draw state and federal funding. SJCOG leads regional advocacy efforts – San Joaquin One Voice®, San Joaquin Valley Policy Council’s Valley Voice, and Megaregion Working Group’s Megaregion Dozen – to seek those matching funds for future regional projects. Here are the regional projects that have received Measure K funding or could in the future:

I-205 Managed Lanes Project

I205_Cross-SectionMeasure K is funding an environmental analysis of the I-205 Managed 
Lanes Project that will be years in the making. Improvements to 
Interstate 205 will reduce congestion, encourage carpooling, and improve 
freight movement. It will make it easier and safer to travel from the San 
Joaquin region to jobs, entertainment and recreation in the San Francisco 
Bay Area. The analysis for the I-205 Managed Lanes project will look at 
possibly including carpool lanes, a median where bus or passenger trains 
could travel, and toll lanes, the first in the region. And depending on the 
ultimate plan, overpasses, underpasses and interchanges will be altered as 
needed. Transit hubs along the way could include park-and-ride lots, 
electric vehicle charging stations, and bus and train stops, making it easier 
for commuters and others to get around Northern California. The SJCOG Board of Directors in late 2023 committed to 
making this project a funding priority during the state’s next funding cycle in 2026 and Measure K money could play a 
part in drawing state and federal matching funds. This is also a Northern California Megaregion Dozen project 
supported by the Megaregion Working Group made up of elected officials from the policy boards of SJCOG, 
Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Sacramento Area Council of Governments.

I205 Press Release_V2

Stockton Diamond Grade Separation – San Joaquin Regional Rail
Commission

STKN Diamond 1The Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) and Burlington Northern
Santa Fe (BNSF) rail lines come together at the Stockton 
Diamond crossing in Stockton, which is the busiest and most 
congested at-grade crossing in California. Between 50 and 70 
freight trains and 12 to 20 passenger trains routinely cross 
through the diamond each day. Measure K will help to fund 
the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission’s (SJRRC) 
Stockton Diamond Grade Separation project to build a bridge 
raising the UPRR rail line over the BNSF rail line to eliminate 
the bottleneck. The project also includes street and sidewalk 
improvements, landscaping, aesthetic treatments of the bridge abutments, and a larger sewer line to meet the city’s 
projected future demands. The project will improve air quality by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by cutting the time 
cars and trains are forced to sit idling while a train travels through the diamond. SJRRC is also working with the city to 
improve nearby safety, walkability, and greenspace. Measure K helped to pay for environmental and design work in 
Fiscal Year 2022-23. The rough timeline calls for construction to be completed in 2027.STKN Diamond 4STKN Diamond 2STKN Diamond 3

Valley Rail – San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission

Valley Rail mapThe San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC) Valley Rail 
program is working to improve and expand the Altamont Corridor 
Express (ACE) and Amtrak Gold Runner (formerly the Amtrak San 
Joaquins) passenger rail services between Sacramento and the San 
Joaquin Valley and to the San Francisco Bay Area. Measure K funds 
are being used to make this program possible. It will improve equity 
by connecting Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, 
and Fresno counties, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the statewide 
rail network. Once completed, Valley Rail will support the state’s 
vision for an integrated rail network that provides direct mobility and 
air quality benefits for Central Valley residents, including 30 percent 
of the disadvantaged communities in California.