Feds Provide $20 Million Grant for 91 Freeway Upgrades

RIVERSIDE - U.S. Department of Transportation officials today announced a $20 million grant to help fund construction of express lanes and connector ramps that will ease congestion along Riverside County's busiest travel artery.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said funding for the state Route 91 Corridor Improvement Project was included in a passel of grants totaling $511 million, awarded for 46 projects in 33 states and Puerto Rico.

The federal tax dollars underwriting the grants will come from the Obama administration's ''We Can't Wait'' initiative, a component of the Transportation Inve...