DATE:
April 22, 2026
02
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
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A RESOLUTION SUBMITTING THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNTY'S MAINTAINED ROADS - 2025, TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED CEQA FINDING (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
The County of San Diego (County) Department of Public Works (DPW) is responsible for ensuring County-maintained roads in the unincorporated region are safe, reliable, and well-maintained to serve the public and help ensure safe and thriving communities. The annual report that totals road mileage of County-maintained roads is used by the State to calculate the annual distribution of gas tax funds to counties and cities statewide. State gas tax funding is key to ensuring DPW can annually fund operations, maintenance, and new capital projects for the County-maintained roadway network and the other services DPW provides.
The California Streets and Highways Code requires the County to annually submit to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) any additions or exclusions of mileage of County-maintained roads. The last County annual update to Caltrans was approved by the Board of Supervisors (Board) on April 9, 2025 (3) and certified by Caltrans shortly after. Since the last certification, the total mileage of County-maintained roads has increased by 0.15 centerline miles through amendments to various segments. The changes resulted from administrative corrections, new construction, improvements, and annexations affecting 54 road segments. Of those, 28 road segments were constructed by private developers and accepted by the County into the roadway network.
Today's request is to adopt a resolution to submit the County's annual report of road mileage to Caltrans. Upon Board approval, the Resolution will be submitted to Caltrans to certify the newly reported road mileage to the State Controller. Every year, Caltrans distributes the gas tax to local governments. Total road mileage determines the County's ...
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