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Adopt a Resolution urging the State to provide new sustainable funding for State and local transportation infrastructure. (ADDED VIA ADDENDUM)
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution urging the State to provide new sustainable funding for State and local transportation infrastructure.
SUMMARY:
On June 16, 2015, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. proclaimed the need for an extraordinary session of the State Legislature in order to consider and act upon legislation necessary to enact permanent, sustainable funding to adequately and responsibly maintain and repair the state's transportation and other critical infrastructure, improve the state's key trade corridors, and complement local infrastructure efforts.
Transportation funding is one of the California State Association of Counties' (CSAC) major priorities and CSAC is actively engaged to make sure that the deficit in local transportation funding is part of the discussion of the larger statewide system during this special session. CSAC is encouraging counties to adopt resolutions in support of six broad concepts that any funding package should meet in order to gain local government support. The adoption of a general resolution, rather than taking positions on specific proposals at this time, is preferred since legislative leaders are still negotiating details of a transportation funding package.
DISCUSSION:
For a variety of reasons, state and local governments have been unable to properly fund the maintenance and rehabilitation of California's road system for decades. As a result, 68 % of California's roads are in "poor" or "mediocre" condition, putting California behind 43 other states in road condition, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. On a scale of zero (failed) to 100 (excellent), the statewide average pavement condition index (PCI) is 66, placing it in the "at risk" category where pavements will begin to deteriorate m...
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