DATE:
April 10, 2024
04
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO'S 2025 TRANSNET LOCAL STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2024-25 THROUGH 2028-29 AND RELATED CEQA EXEMPTION (DISTRICTS: ALL)
OVERVIEW
In 1987, San Diego region voters approved the San Diego Transportation Improvement Program (TransNet) to establish a half-cent sales tax increase for 20 years to provide funding to help relieve traffic congestion, advance safety, and improve air quality. In 2004, the sales tax increase was set to expire, and the San Diego region voters approved extending TransNet for an additional 40 years through 2048. The accompanying TransNet Extension Ordinance and Expenditure Plan outlined funding for specific highway and transit corridor projects and allocated a percentage of the overall funding for local street and road projects that are identified by local jurisdictions on a biennial basis.
The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) is responsible for administering the TransNet program and for consolidating the projects that will be funded with TransNet revenue into one long-term regional transportation plan. SANDAG is also required by federal and State law to develop and approve a Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP) that includes all transportation projects in the region that will receive federal, State, or local funds over a five-year period, including projects that are funded with sales tax revenue from TransNet.
The County of San Diego (County) represents more than 500,000 residents who live within the unincorporated communities throughout the region. The Department of Public Works (DPW) is responsible for the maintenance and operation of the County-maintained roadway transportation infrastructure, including nearly 2,000 centerline miles of roads that connect those communities to each other and the region. A percentage of the TransNet revenue collected by SANDAG is distributed to local agen...
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