Several major highway projects in Lake and Mendocino Counties are getting a boost from CalTrans. The state has allocated nearly 1 billion dollars for work statewide. Among the local projects on the list– $1.7 million toward stormwater upgrades and roadway repairs on Route 20 from east of New Long Valley Road to east of Walker Ridge Road near Clearlake Oaks in Lake County, $1.3 million i toward roadway and guardrail upgrades from Rockport to DeHaven on Route 1 in Mendocino County. And y $1.1 million in funding toward roadway and drainage improvements on Route 271 near Leggett in Mendocino County. Cal Trans Director Dina El-Tawasny says the project will improve important roadways and create thousands of jobs through the construction.