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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBCAG - Benefits of SB1 to Butte County Menchaca, Clarissa From: Butte County Association of Governments <info@bcag,org> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2017 11:41AM To: Menchaca, Clarissa Subject: low will Senate Bill (SB) 1 Benefit Butte County 828 Huss Drive, Suite 150 Chico, CA 98928 (30) 899-4818 BUTTE COUNTY ASSOCIAT9 N www.bggg_grg OF GOVERNMENTS SB I SUMMARY WHAT IS SENATE BILL (SE) 1`Y SB 1 is a ten- ear transportation funding package that was IP y p g p g signed by Governor Brown in April 2017. California's local streets and roads INNand state highways are in desperate need of repair. SB 1 provides critical funding to improve Caiifornia's aging transportation infrastructure. SB 1 will provide significant and stable funding for: • Local streets and roadway improvement projects in all cities and counties in California w State highway improvement projects, including safety projects Public transit system operations and capital including new buses„shelters, etc. Intermodal facilities Competitive grant programs to fund new transportation projects Improved planning and development for project implementation SB 1 will be managed by the California Transportation Commission (CTC), California State Transportation Agency(CaISTA),the State Controller's Office and the California Workforce Development Board. BENEFITHOW WILL SB 1 BUTTE, COUNTY? LOCAL STREETS AND ROADS 0111:1,1, i, gililgl, ON ;11 i;:11;i1011111111111111111111M t The Butte County region and its member jurisdictions will receive an estimated$129.4 million dollars ($12.9 million per years over a 10-year period to implement roadway improvement projects including roadway resurfacing, rehabilitation and construction,grade separations, safety improvement projects, traffic control improvements, "Complete Street"projects„ and maintenance improvements. Below is the 10-year estimate of local streets and road funding by jurisdiction: BI��S 597,283 CHICtO $ 28,879,740 RIG►LEy $ 1,984,780 dROCVILLE $ 5,178,713 PARAiSE $ 8,015,417 COUNTY OF BUTTE $ 88,987,820 TOTAL $ 1291,440,773 STATE HIGHWAYS Based on estimates provided by Caltrans, Butte County can anticipate a significant increase in highway funding under the State Transportation Improvement Program(STIP) and State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP). Since SB 1 passage in April of this year, Butte County has already received over$82 million in funding for projects on State Route 70 and 99, and will see additional STIIP and SHOPP funding approved for State Route 70 in March 2018. Below is a list of specific state highway projects funded by SB 1 in Butte County: STATE ROUTE 70 — Widen to 5 Lanes from OphirRoad to Butte County Line 172,180 000 STATE ROUTE 99—ITS Project from Estates Drove to Garner Lane $ 11,800,000 STATE ROUTE 70—SHOPP Overlay from Garden Dave to SR 149 $ 2,000,000 TOTAL $ 185,780,000 Note:,In addition to the the above stated highway funding another$50 million is expected to be available for funding on Butte County State highways. This would bring a total 10—year investment in Butte County infrastructure to nearly 133 million dollars. PUBLIC TRANSIT Based on Caltrans estimates, Butte County will receive approximately 14 million in additional funding for Butte Regional Transit operations and capital programs over a 10-year period.The additional funding for transit will reduce the contributions from the cities and the county,thus providing additional funds for other transportation projects. 2 In addition, SB 'I includes competitive grant programs for transit operations and capital projects that BCAG and local jurisdictions may apply for. SB 1 SUMMARY Butte County and its local jurisdictions stand to receive approximately$376 million in much needed transportation funding over the fen-year term of SB 1. SB 1 will allow the cities and the county to begin construction on a backlog of local street and road improvements for the first time in over a decade,to fix pot-holes, repave roadways and make needed safety improvements. SB 1 will allow also BCAG and Caltrans to widen State Route 70 to four-lanes in Butte County to address recent fatalities and complete a long standing goal to connect Chico to Sacramento by a four-lane highway.This project will also have significant economic benefits for all of Butte County. SB 1 was supported by the California League of Cities,the California.State Association of Counties,and the California Association of Councils of Governments. For more information on SB 1, go to the SB 1 Homepage below. LOCAL STREET'S & ROADS $ 129,,440 773 STATE HIGHWAYS $ 233,001,000 TRANSIT $ 14,000,000 TOTAL S 376,440,773 IN EF Ili °I" 'T 0 REPEAL SIM There is an organized effort to put an initiative on the November 2018 ballot to ask voters to repeal the gas and diesel tax increases that fund 'SB 1. If SB 1 were to be repealed, Butte County would lose hundreds of millions of dollars in needed transportation funding for local streets and roads,and State Route 70 would not be improved to four-lanes. Additionally,there is no alternative funding identified to pay for the critical transportation improvement projects in Butte County outlined above should SB 1 be repealed, all of these roadway improvement projects will not happen, California voters could have an important decision to make regarding the state's transportation future next November. BCAG_.. V, C, I'll C'4T6D I fs�SCJC.111111- Cr r"OVIR,���tr.OS the BCAG Website 3 Butte County Association of Governments � 325 Huss Drive Suite 150, Chico, [A 95928 Sent by info@bcag.org in co|Vaberatimn with � *_^�m�stammt`~n�m*°~�"�~ /-�~ Try itfree today �