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ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON PROPOSITION 1B: THE TRANSPORTATION BOND The infrastructure bond package recently approved by the Legislature and signed by the Governor includes $19.9 billion for transportation purposes. Those funds will be listed on the November ballot as Proposition 1 B, which is SB 1266 (Núñez/Perata), the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of2006. In the May 5 issue of Priority Focus, a brief summary of some of the bond components was published. Listed below are additional details on specific allocations and the project selection processes for those allocations. This information is intended to help you determine which portions of bond funding, if passed, your city may eligible for. . $2 billion for the Local Street and Road Improvement, Congestion Relief, and Traffic Safety Account, allocated directly to cities and counties for traffic congestion relief, traffic safety, transit, storm damage, maintenance, construction and other projects to improve the local street and road system. $1 billion will go directly to cities (minimum $400,000 allocation), and $1 billion will go directly to counties. Eligible projects include maintenance, rehabilitation and storm damage (identical to Prop. 42), but also include transit, congestion and safety projects. . $4.5 billion to Corridor Mobility Improve- ment Account to fund performance improvements on highly congested travel corridors. This includes major access routes to the state highway system on the local road systems that relieve congestion. Funds in the account, allocated by the Califor- nia Transportation Commission (CTC), will be used for performance improvements on the state highway system, or major access routes to the state highway system on the local road system that relieve congestion by expanding capacity, enhancing operations, or otherwise improving travel times within these high-congestion travel corridors, as identified by the department and regional or local transportation agencies. The CTC must develop and adopt guidelines, including regional programming targets, by De- cember 1. Project nominations can be submitted by the Department of Transportation, regional transportation planning agencies (RTPAs) or county transportation commissions or authorities responsible for preparing a regional transportation improvement plan. All projects must be included in a regional transportation plan. Project nominations must be made no later than January 15, 2007. All project nominations must include documentation regarding the quanti- tative and qualitative measures validating each project's consistency with the policy objectives developed by the CTC. The CTC must adopt a funding plan by March 1,2007, which may be updated every two years in conjunction with the adoption of the state transpor- tation improvement program (STIP). The inclu- sion of a project in the program will be based on all of the following criteria: 0 The project is a high-priority project to improve mobility in the corridor as demonstrated by either: 1) It's inclusion in the list of nominated projects by both the department pursuant and the regional transportation planning agency or county transportation commission or authority; and 2) If needed to fully fund the project, the identification and commitment of supplemental funding to the project from other state, local, or federal funds. 0 Able to commence construction or implementation no later than December 31,2012. 0 Improves mobility in a high-congestion corridor by improving travel times or reducing the number of daily vehicle hours of delay, improves the connectivity of the state highway system between rural, suburban, and urban areas, or improves the operation or safety of a highway or road segment. Continued on Page 6 Visit the League's Official Website--www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS. PAGE 5 May 26, 2006 . Issue #21