Taft Seeks Resident Feedback on Safety and Access Along State Routes 33 and 119

TAFT, KERN COUNTY — CALIFORNIA58 LOCAL. Taft announced an opportunity for residents to give Caltrans District 6 feedback on conditions along State Routes 33 and 119 through the city. The October 6, 2026 notice specifically encourages input from students, parents and other people who use the highway corridors.

Local details and context

The purpose is to identify where changes could make walking, cycling or other alternatives to driving easier and safer. Residents can flag locations where crossings, sidewalk gaps, driver behavior or other conditions make travel difficult.

Collecting public comments is a preliminary planning step. The notice does not say Caltrans has approved new bike lanes, a traffic light, a road closure or construction funding for any particular location.

People who use the corridors regularly can consult the linked Caltrans survey for current availability and share specific, place-based concerns. It is valuable to distinguish a firsthand observation of a recurring problem from a claim that a particular intervention has already been selected.

The city has not promised that every suggestion will become a funded project; any later design and environmental steps should be tracked separately.

Source: City of Taft official public information. Confirm future programs and the status of any proposed projects before relying on schedules.

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