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Santa Barbara U.S. 101 Multimodal Corridor Project
The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments will be applying for the first cycle of the SB1 Grant Programs. Application materials will be posted on this page.
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Categories of SB1
What is Senate Bill 1 (SB1)?
Senate Bill 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, was signed into law on April 28, 2017. This legislative package invests $54 billion over the next decade to fix roads, freeways and bridges in communities across California and puts more dollars toward transit and safety. These funds will be split equally between state and local investments.
2018 SB1 Solutions for Congested Corridors Program Application Materials
What is the Solutions for Congested Corridors Program?
The purpose of the Solutions for Congested Corridors Program is to provide funding to achieve a balanced set of transportation, environmental, and community access improvements to reduce congestion throughout the state. This statewide, competitive program makes $250 million available annually for projects that implement specific transportation performance improvements and are part of a comprehensive corridor plan by providing more transportation choices while preserving the character of local communities and creating opportunities for neighborhood enhancement.
Regional transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions and Caltrans are eligible to apply for program funds through the nomination of projects. All projects nominated must be identified in a currently adopted regional transportation plan and an existing comprehensive corridor plan. The Commission is required to score and select submitted applications based on the following criteria:
SB 1 requires preference to be given to comprehensive corridor plans that demonstrate collaboration between Caltrans and local or regional partners, reflecting a comprehensive planning approach. No more than half the available funding each year can be awarded to projects nominated exclusively by Caltrans.
Eligible project elements within the corridor plans may include improvements to state highways, local streets and roads, rail facilities, public transit facilities, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and restoration or preservation work that protects critical local habitat or open space. Program funds cannot be used to construct general purpose lanes on a state highway. Capacity increasing projects on the state highway system are restricted to high-occupancy vehicle lanes, managed lanes, and other non-general purpose lane improvements for safety and/or operational improvements for all modes of travel. Examples are auxiliary lanes, trucks climbing lanes, or dedicated bicycle lanes.
For more information, please visit: http://catc.ca.gov/programs/sb1/sccp/
The links below are to the SBCAG-Caltrans Solutions for Congested Corridors application submitted to the California Transportation Commission.
The purpose of the Solutions for Congested Corridors Program is to provide funding to achieve a balanced set of transportation, environmental, and community access improvements to reduce congestion throughout the state. This statewide, competitive program makes $250 million available annually for projects that implement specific transportation performance improvements and are part of a comprehensive corridor plan by providing more transportation choices while preserving the character of local communities and creating opportunities for neighborhood enhancement.
Regional transportation planning agencies, county transportation commissions and Caltrans are eligible to apply for program funds through the nomination of projects. All projects nominated must be identified in a currently adopted regional transportation plan and an existing comprehensive corridor plan. The Commission is required to score and select submitted applications based on the following criteria:
- Safety;
- Congestion;
- Accessibility;
- Economic development, job creation and retention;
- Air pollution and greenhouse gas emission reductions;
- Efficient land use;
- Level of matching funds; and
- The ability to complete the project in a timely manner.
SB 1 requires preference to be given to comprehensive corridor plans that demonstrate collaboration between Caltrans and local or regional partners, reflecting a comprehensive planning approach. No more than half the available funding each year can be awarded to projects nominated exclusively by Caltrans.
Eligible project elements within the corridor plans may include improvements to state highways, local streets and roads, rail facilities, public transit facilities, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and restoration or preservation work that protects critical local habitat or open space. Program funds cannot be used to construct general purpose lanes on a state highway. Capacity increasing projects on the state highway system are restricted to high-occupancy vehicle lanes, managed lanes, and other non-general purpose lane improvements for safety and/or operational improvements for all modes of travel. Examples are auxiliary lanes, trucks climbing lanes, or dedicated bicycle lanes.
For more information, please visit: http://catc.ca.gov/programs/sb1/sccp/
The links below are to the SBCAG-Caltrans Solutions for Congested Corridors application submitted to the California Transportation Commission.
- Solutions for Congested Corridors Application for the Santa Barbara U.S. 101 Multimodal Corridor (.pdf)
- Application Appendices (.pdf)
- Project Programming Request (PPR) Forms
- Benefit Cost Results Table
- Letters of Support
- Disadvantaged Communities (DAC) Maps
- TASAS Table B
- SBCAG staff contact: Sarkes Khachek, Programming Division Manager, skhachek@sbcag.org.