Alameda’s Lincoln/Marshall/Pacific Corridor project to get $850K
Congresswoman Lateefah Simon has secured $11.2 million in federal funding for 15 different community projects, including the Lincoln Avenue/Marshall Way/Pacific Avenue Corridor Improvement Project in Alameda, which is set to receive $850,000.
“The City of Alameda is grateful for the Congresswoman’s leadership and strong commitment to the East Bay,” Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft stated. “Here in Alameda, this federal funding for the Lincoln/Marshall/Pacific Corridor project will increase safety for all of our residents by transforming a Tier-1 high injury corridor into a safe, modernized corridor connecting schools, commercial districts, and parks.”
Secured through the Fiscal Year 2026 Community Project Funding (CPF) Grant process, the federal funding will support a number of projects throughout the East Bay, including the East Bay Regional Fire Training Facilities in Berkeley and Albany, the City of Oakland’s “Ceasefire” program and Northeastern University Oakland campus, safety and mobility improvements to a new public transit plaza next to the Ashby Bart Station and lighting improvements at nine BART stations across the district, shoreline improvements for the City of San Leandro, Brooklyn Basin, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline, and more.
Congresswoman Simon said she was “thrilled” with the funding, which “will make tangible and real differences for people in our district now and for generations to come. I am excited to see public safety, transit, health, environmental and fire prevention improvements keep the East Bay running and thriving. …I look forward to working closely with all funding recipients to ensure that these projects are efficiently and quickly executed so constituents can benefit.”
Each fiscal year, members of Congress can submit Community Project Funding requests for consideration to the House Committee on Appropriations. In her first year in Congress, Congresswoman Simon submitted 15 funding requests for projects across the East Bay, and secured funding for all of them.
Projects to be funded
The following cities and projects will receive Community Project Funding.
- City of Alameda – Lincoln Avenue / Marshall Way / Pacific Avenue Corridor Improvement Project. $850,000 to make safety and mobility improvements to the Lincoln Avenue/Marshall Way/Pacific Avenue Corridor Improvement Project that serves schools, commercial districts, and parks.
- City of San Leandro – Shoreline Development Project. $1,092,000 to create a regional park along the East Bay shoreline with investments in clean water infrastructure and new recreation opportunities.
- East Bay Regional Park District – Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline Water Quality Improvement Project. $1,092,000 to implement green infrastructure to enhance water qualities, helping to reduce pollutants, sedimentation, and nutrient runoff into the San Leandro and San Francisco bays.
- Samuel Merritt University – Research Equipment for Oakland City Center Campus. $1,031,000 to purchase research equipment for Samuel Merritt University’s new campus in Downtown Oakland.
- City of Oakland – Department of Violence Prevention Enhancements (Operation Ceasefire). $1,039,000 to enhance the capacity of the City of Oakland’s Department of Violence Prevention to deliver intensive life coaching and violence interruption services for individuals who are most likely to be victims or perpetrators of gun violence in the next 90 days.
- UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital – Oakland Pediatric Blood Disorder Research Center. $1,031,000 for a pediatric blood disorder research center dedicated to innovative, curative therapies that will directly benefit children suffering sickle cell disease, thalassemia, leukemia, and bone marrow failure.
- Northeastern University Oakland – Public Safety Security Improvements. $1,031,000 to make public safety/security enhancements at Northeastern University’s 135-acre campus in Oakland and surrounding neighborhood.
- Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) – LED lighting program. $850,000 to upgrade the lighting to LEDs in nine BART stations: Coliseum, Downtown Berkeley, Fruitvale, Lake Merritt, MacArthur, Rockridge, San Leandro, North Berkeley, and West Oakland.
- City of Berkeley – Adeline Complete Street and Ashby BART Transit Plaza. $850,000 to create a new pedestrian and public transit plaza along the west side of Adeline Street adjacent to Ashby BART.
- City of Emeryville – 40th Street Multimodal Infrastructure Improvements. $500,000 for transportation infrastructure improvements along 40th street to Christie Avenue.
- City of Oakland – Brooklyn Basin Blight removal and shoreline improvements. $250,000 to remove blight/plant disease and illegally dumped materials along the estuary, and to raise the shoreline and address sea level encroachment.
- Peralta Community College District – Manufacturing and Fabrication Pathway (FabLab). $250,000 for Manufacturing and FabLab facilities, which will provide students with access to the tools and experience required for successful digital fabrication careers.
- City of Oakland – Capital Improvements for Core Service Providers. $250,000 to facilitate a partnership with the Magnolia Women’s Recovery Program (Magnolia) and Fred Finch Youth Center to help provide core services to those in most need.
- City of Berkeley – East Bay Regional Fire Training Facility. $250,000 to build the facility.
- City of Albany – East Bay Regional Fire Training Center Development and Construction. $250,000 to build the facility.
