California’s agency responsible for highway projects will fund the remaining aspects of a Highway 49 renovation, despite local transportation officials’ objection that coverage of a $840,000 project overrun should not be compensated with local funds. “It’s frustrating to say the least,” said Jason Fouyer, a member of the Nevada County Transportation Commission, which voted Feb. 15 to deny the California Department of Transportation’s request for the county’s $420,000 in state-matching funds to complete the project. That request came one month after the California Department of Transportation blindsided local officials with the nearly $1 million overrun report and mere months before …