Proposition 1B
funds local
street and road projects
By Joe
Naiman
The Alpine Sun
In the event the County of San Diego receives its Proposition
1B funding for local roads, the San Diego County Board of
Supervisors voted 5-0 October 14 to adopt a resolution
designating up to $41,510,000 of Proposition 1B funding to be
used for specific local streets and roads projects.
Proposition 1B was approved by the state’s voters in
the November 2006 election and authorized $2 billion of funding
for local streets and roads. The funding is allocated to cities
and counties by a formula. Although the State of California’s
current inability to sell bonds has adversely affected the
distribution of Proposition 1B funding, the County of San Diego
expects to receive up to $31.1 million of Proposition 1B funding
for the current fiscal year.
The state fiscal crisis has also seen the suspension of
Proposition 42 and other gas tax funding, but the county has
also seen lower-than-expected construction contract bids and
Federal stimulus money allocated to the county through exchanges
of San Diego Association of Governments funding sources. Several
projects for which Proposition 1B funding had been anticipated
were funded with other funding sources or had a balance, and the
county has a 2008-09 Proposition 1B funding balance of
approximately $10.4 million.
In order to receive Proposition 1B funding, the county
is required to submit a list of projects for which Proposition
1B funding will be used. If funds are not allocated by July 1,
2010, that funding will revert to the state’s account.
The county’s allocations consist of $16.57 million for
roadway resurfacing and rehabilitation projects, $12.98 million
for road improvement projects which include curbs and gutters as
well as intersections and road lanes, $4.72 million for signal
synchronization and other traffic operation improvements, $4.17
million for sidewalk and pathway projects including local
matching funds, and $3.07 million for roadway drainage projects.
The project costs in the allocations are approximate
and will be refined as designs are completed and funding becomes
available, and any adjustments will be approved at a future
Board of Supervisors meeting.
The road improvement projects include $200,000 for the
realignment design of the intersection of Buckman Springs and
Oak Drive and $400,000 for Flinn Springs Pathway design and
right-of-way acquisition. The road drainage improvement funding
includes $100,000 for Tavern Road.
The resurfacing and rehabilitation expenditures consist
of $10,400,000 for various road resurfacing and rehabilitation
projects, $5,280,000 for rubberized emulsion aggregate slurry
treatments, $820,000 for curb, gutter, and sidewalk repair, and
$70,000 for crack sealing.
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