Bay Area Toll Authority Awards Contract for Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Improvement

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission announced that its Bay Area Toll Authority Oversight Committee has awarded a $27.2 million contract to O.C. Jones and Sons of Berkeley, California, to construct a third eastbound lane across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, and a bicycle-pedestrian path adjacent to westbound I-580 on the Contra Costa County side of the bridge. Work is expected to begin later this month.