{"id":449297,"date":"2026-08-31T23:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T23:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/449297\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T23:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T23:04:08","slug":"sen-shannon-grove-secures-nearly-2-million-for-oildale-safe-routes-to-school-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/449297\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Shannon Grove secures nearly $2 million for Oildale safe routes to school upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 State Sen. Shannon Grove\u2019s office said it <a href=\"https:\/\/sr12.senate.ca.gov\/content\/senator-grove-announces-18-million-improve-safe-routes-school-oildale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">secured nearly $2 million for a Safe Route to School project in Oildale and other local areas on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An announcement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=1586148382960217&amp;set=a.394640205444380&amp;type=3&amp;ref=embed_post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">last week said warning beacons, signs and ADA ramps will be installed at several uncontrolled multi-lane crosswalks in Oildale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParents in Oildale should not have to worry that their kids can\u2019t get to school safely,\u201d Grove stated. \u201cEvery child deserves a safe walk to the classroom, whether that is a first-grader holding a parent\u2019s hand or a student crossing a busy street on their own. This $1.8 million investment will install warning beacons, better signs, and ADA ramps at uncontrolled multi-lane crosswalks so children and families can travel more safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announcement also highlighted other projects and priorities, including a Highway 58 truck climbing lane in Tehachapi described as a 3.5-mile safety and commerce project Grove has worked on with Caltrans, Kern COG and local partners.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Highway 58 safety improvements were also cited at the California City Boulevard interchange following fatal crashes, including a formal request to Caltrans to add infrastructure at that crossing.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement also pointed to water infrastructure efforts for Kern and the Valley, including support for Friant-Kern Canal repairs and state budget requests for the Indian Wells Valley interconnection pipeline serving the Ridgecrest area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 State Sen. Shannon Grove\u2019s office said it secured nearly $2 million for a Safe&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-449297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}