Proposition 1B and the Strategic Growth Plan

1. Proposition 1Band theStrategic Growth Plan Randell Iwasaki California Department of Transportation

2. Governor Schwarzenegger Announces the Strategic Growth Plan • January 2006 – Governor proposes the California Strategic Growth Plan (SGP) • $222 billion total infrastructure fix over ten years • $107 billion dedicated to transportation • Reduce congestion • Improve connectivity • Improve safety • Reduce air pollution

3. California Voters Support Infrastructure Improvements • November 2006 – California voters approve a $37 billion infrastructure package • Dedicate fuel sales tax to transportation (Prop 1A) • $19.9 billion transportation (Prop 1B) • $2.85 billion housing • $10.4 billion education • $4.0 billion levee and flood • Relevant legislation • AB 1467 authorizes state and regional public-private partnerships • AB 1039 includes legislation to streamline the environmental process

4. Governor Schwarzenegger Announces Strategic Growth Plan II • January 2007 – Governor proposes $43.3 billion in new bonds to fund improvements in correction facilities, education, flood and water, judiciary, etc. • New legislation to leverage private sector investment in California transportation infrastructure • Design-build legislation to ensure that Proposition 1B transportation projects can be delivered more quickly

5. Proposition 1BHighway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, andPort Security Fund of 2006 • State highway safety improvements and repairs • Freeway upgrades to reduce congestion • Local street and road repair • Seismic safety improvements to local bridges • Expansion of public transit • Air pollution reduction • Port anti-terrorism security improvements

6. Corridor MobilityImprovement Account • $4.5 Billion • Performance improvements on highly congested travel corridors • Interregional connectivity between developing rural areas • 55 projects totaling $4.5 billion • Leverages other funds to fully fund projects totaling over $9 billion

7. State Route 99 Corridor • $1.0 Billion • Available to Caltrans for approximately 400 miles of State Route 99 for safety, operational and capacity improvements • SR 99 is a major goods movement corridor through California’s central valley • 14 projects totaling $1 billion • Leverages other funds to fully fund projects totaling $1.4 billion

8. Ports Infrastructure, Security& Air Quality • $3.1 Billion • $ 2.0 Billion for Trade Corridors Improvement Fund • Improve goods movement at California’s sea, land, and air ports, as well as major truck corridors • $ 1.0 Billion to Reduce emissions and improve air quality in and around ports • $ 100 Million for port, harbor, and ferry terminal security

9. School Bus Retrofitfor Air Quality • $200 Million • School bus retrofit and replacement to reduce air pollution and exposure to diesel exhaust (ARB)

10. State Transportation Improvement Program Augmentation • $2.0 Billion • An augmentation to the STIP that has been under-funded for several years • Primary source of construction dollars for California’s major transportation projects • 75% allocated directly to cities and counties to fund regional projects • 25% allocated to Caltrans to fund interregional projects

11. Public TransportationModernization, Improvement,and Service Enhancement • $4.0 Billion • Rehabilitation, safety or modernization, capital service enhancement or expansion, new capital projects, bus rapid transit improvements, rolling stock procurement, rehabilitation, or replacement

12. Transit System Safety, Security & Disaster Response Account • $1.0 Billion • Allocation process to be determined by legislative statutes for: • Capital projects that provide increased protection against a security and safety threat • Development of a disaster response transportation system that can move people, goods, emergency personnel and equipment in the aftermath of a disaster

13. State-Local PartnershipProgram Account • $1.0 Billion • To be allocated over 5 years • Dollar for dollar match with local funds to eligible projects nominated by applicant transportation agencies • Discussion underway as to proper matching requirements • Pending further legislative guidance

14. Local Bridge Seismic Retrofit • $125 Million • To provide an 11.5% required match for federal highway bridge replacement and repair funds available for seismic retrofit of 497 remaining local bridges

15. Highway-Railroad CrossingSafety Account • $250 Million • Completion of high-priority grade separations and railroad crossing safety improvements • Dollar for dollar match of non-State funds required

16. Local Street and Roads, Congestion Relief, and Traffic Safety Account of 2006 • $2.0 Billion • $1.0 Billion to Counties • $1.0 Billion to Cities • Likely source for local road rehabilitation projects • Minimum $400K to each city

17. State Highway Operationsand Protection Program • $750 Million • $0.4 billion pavement rehabilitation • $0.1 billion for operational elements such as detection and metering • $0.25 billion for traffic light synchronization and other technology to improve safety, operations, or capacity of local streets and roads

18. System Management Pyramid

19. SHOPPPavement Rehabilitation • State Highway System consists of approximately 51,000 lane miles • 13,845 lane miles need rehabilitation as of the 2006/07 fiscal year • Effect of Proposition 1B funding at $400 million will cause a slight reduction in the increase of rehabilitation needs

20. Pavement Asset Management Strategies • By 2017/2018, maintain 80 percent of pavement in fair to good condition at a cost of $1.45 billion per year • Balance investment between highly distressed pavement and more cost effective pavement treatments • Conduct life cycle costs on all projects to ensure the most effective project at the lowest long-term cost

21. Benefits of $400 million of additional funding from Prop 1B

22. Thank YouCalifornia Department of Transportation