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OVERVIEW |
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Measure A will raise $1.05 billion over
thirty years for needed road repair,
traffic relief, and transportation
safety projects and programs in Santa
Barbara County.
Our county’s highway system was largely
built in the 1960s and 1970s and was not
designed to handle the number of cars on
the road today.
Measure A will provide the funding
necessary
to
continue to maintain and repair local
streets and roads and reduce traffic
congestion for current
residents and future generations.
Continuing the existing local
transportation sales tax will also allow
us to get our fair share of the half
billion dollars of state and federal
transportation matching funds.
The
Measure A Transportation Investment
Plan (pdf) which must be approved by the
voters this November, is divided into
three program categories that each
contain specific projects: |
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Highway 101 Widening South of Santa
Barbara |
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Relieving the traffic congestion caused
by the two lane bottleneck on Highway
101 south of Santa Barbara is county's
biggest transportation problem.
The Measure Transportation Investment
Plan allocates $140 million to widen
Highway 101 to three lanes in each
direction from Montecito to Carpinteria.
The first phase of the widening project,
from Milpas Street to Montecito, will
begin construction this summer.
The second phase, from Mussel Shoals in
Ventura County north to Carpinteria,
will begin construction in 2011.
The remaining ten mile gap from
Montecito to Carpinteria will require
$410 million to complete. Measure
A funds will be matched with $285
million in state and federal gas taxes
to accelerate the project schedule by an
estimated 10 years.
After funding the Highway 101 widening
project, the remaining $910 million in
Measure A revenue is divided equally
between north and south county because
the population of the county is split
50-50.
Please visit the
Highway 101 Widening page to learn
more about the project. |
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North County Projects |
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The $455 million in funding for projects
north of the Santa Ynez mountains
includes the cities of Buellton,
Guadalupe, Lompoc,
Santa
Maria, Solvang and all unincorporated
areas including, Orcutt, Vandenberg
Village, Los Alamos, Los Olivos, Santa
Ynez, and New Cuyama.
Nearly 70% of the North County Measure A
revenue will be spent on road repair and
maintenance to keep local streets and
roads in good condition.
Transportation improvement projects
funded in north county include widening
the Highway 101 Santa Maria River
Bridge, passing lanes on Highway 246
between Lompoc and Buellton, safety
improvements on Highway 166, new freeway
interchanges in Santa Maria and Orcutt,
and circulation improvements for
Buellton, Guadalupe and Solvang.
Funding is also allocated for
specialized transit for the elderly and
disabled, improved transit service
between communities, safe routes to
school and bicycle and pedestrian
improvements.
Please visit the
North County Projects page to learn
more about projects in North County. |
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South Coast Projects |
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Measure A will provide $455 million South Coast
jurisdictions and agencies. The
incorporated cities of Carpinteria,
Santa Barbara and Goleta along with the
unincorporated communities of
Summerland, Montecito, the eastern
Goleta Valley and Isla Vista will
receive more than $270 million for
needed road repair and maintenance over
the next thirty years.
The Measure A Transportation Investment
Plan provides new funding in the south
county for safe routes to school,
bicycle and pedestrian projects, new
local and commuter bus service,
passenger rail improvements, carpool and
vanpool programs to take cares off the
road and reduce congestion and expanded
transit service for seniors and the
disabled.
Please visit the
South Coast Projects page to learn
more about projects on the South Coast. |
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| For more
information about the Measure A Public Information Program,
please contact
Gregg Hart. |
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