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GOVERNMENT RELATIONS


CTC Puts Transportation Funding on the Street Throughout California


By Felipe Fuentes, AGC Legislative Advocate


allocating funds for the construction of highway, passenger rail, aeronautics, transit, and active transportation improvements throughout California. Additionally, it advises the California State Transportation Agency Secretary and the Legislature in their consid- eration of state policy and plans for transportation programs. Te CTC consists of 11 voting


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members and two non-voting ex-officio members. Te current ex-officio members are the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Transpor- tation Committees. Of the 11 voting members, nine are appointed by the Governor, one is appointed by the Senate Rules Committee, and one is appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly. More importantly, up until 2017, the CTC was running out of funding and voting for cuts to these critical programs. Over the past decade, the lack of


sufficient funding available to address the state’s transportation needs for a growing population and economy has been of great concern to our industry and the CTC. Tis concern escalated to reality when the CTC was forced to adopt funding estimates that cut $754 million from the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) and delayed an additional $755 million in previously committed transpor- tation spending in 2015-16. Tese cuts totaled $1.5 billion and were the largest reductions of financial support for California’s transportation system in the last 20 years.


SB 1 Funds Transportation Te passage of Senate Bill 1 (SB 1)


6 July/August 2018


he California Transportation Commission (CTC) is respon- sible for programming and


in April of 2017 provided a desperately needed source of funding for the state’s transportation system. Beginning with the CTC’s first meeting in 2018, the Commission adopted the list of cities eligible to receive local streets and roads program funding for this fiscal year, bringing the total count to 479 cities and 58 counties throughout California. With only a partial year of SB 1 funding, the CTC immediately has put these resources to work. In March of 2018, the CTC


adopted the 2018 STIP which now funds more than $2 billion in new and restored projects. Seventy-five percent of new STIP funds go to projects nominated by regional transportation agencies in their Regional Transpor- tation Improvement Programs. Te money is divided by formula into shares for each county. Te remaining 25 percent of new STIP funds is made available to projects nominated by Caltrans in its Interregional Transpor- tation Improvement Program. Also adopted in March, the


2018 State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP) will dedicate almost $18 billion over the next four years for repairs, safety improvements and operational improvements on the state highway system. In May 2018, the CTC approved


$2.7 billion in funding for 61 trans- portation projects that will increase safety, decrease congestion, and move goods more efficiently throughout the state. Tis approved funding will be for three competitive programs created by the Road Repair and Accountability Act (SB 1): Te Local Partnership Program, the Solutions for Congested Corridors Program, and the Trade Corridor Enhancement Program. Local and state agencies submitted more than 150 project applications


requesting more than $5 billion from these three competitive programs.


Adopted Competitive Programs Local Partnership Program: Tis competitive program rewards local entities who are already making their own extra investments in transpor- tation. Tese funds are meant as a match to support the efforts of cities and counties with voter-approved or imposed fees or taxes dedicated to transportation. In January, the Commission approved the formula portion of the Local Partnership Program and has since dedicated $180.6 million in funding for 63


projects.  Approximately $309 million awarded to 27 projects with a total value of more than $1.7 billion


 Tree-Year Program (Fiscal Years 2017-18 to 2019-20)


Solutions for Congested Corridors Program: Tis program funds projects that reduce congestion in highly-traveled and highly-congested corridors in a manner that also improves air quality and provides more


transportation choices.  Approximately $1 billion awarded to nine projects with a total value of approximately $3.5 billion


 Four-Year Program (Fiscal Years 2017-18 to 2020-21)


Project examples include: ● San Mateo and Santa Clara


Counties: $233.2 million to build 22 miles of new, managed lanes in San Mateo County and convert approximately nine miles of carpool lanes to express lanes in Santa Clara County. Tis project is also receiving $20 million in Local Partnership Competitive funding.


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