Oakland has received a $30 million grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Regional Measure 3 program to build the Martin Luther King Jr. Way Streetscape Improvements project, city officials announced.

The funding will pay for pedestrian upgrades, a new two-way cycle track, tree planting and fiber cable installation along Martin Luther King Jr. Way between Second and 14th streets, city officials said.

A map shows the project area for the Martin Luther King Jr. Street Improvements project. The work will involve the portion of the corridor between Second and 14th streets. (City of Oakland)

The corridor connects the Port of Oakland to interstates 880 and 980 and serves BART, bus and ferry riders at Jack London Square.

“The Martin Luther King Jr. Way Streetscape Improvement Project will improve daily life for Oaklanders with safer streets, greener spaces, and better connections between our neighborhoods, the Port, and regional transit,” said Mayor Barbara Lee.

City officials said the project follows years of public outreach and includes separated bikeways, landscaping, upgraded traffic signals, underpass improvements, improved lighting and placemaking features.

Planning and design were funded by the California State Transportation Agency, the Alameda County Transportation Commission and the Port of Oakland, a city news release noted.

According to city officials, the project is ready to move into construction.