Senate Bill 1 (SB1) Road Repair and Accountability Act
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. SB1 provides significant funding for projects that are of high priority to the SCTA, though it does not come with funding to support the SCTA staff or the support work (soft costs) associated with most projects. More information on specific Sonoma County jurisdictions is provided in the following fact sheets:
County Overview
Cloverdale
Cotati
Healdsburg
Petaluma
Rohnert Park
Santa Rosa
Sebastopol
Sonoma (City)
Windsor
More information on SB1 from the State of California
Local Partnership (Competitive) Program (SB1)
The Sonoma County Transportation Authority (SCTA), as the eligible applicant for the above referenced funding program is issuing a call for projects to be submitted for consideration under the SB1 Local Partnership Competitive Program 2020 cycle. The cycle will cover Fiscal Years 2020-21 through 2022-23.
Eligible project types:
Are fully described in the Discussion Draft Local Partnership Program Guidelines (hereinafter LPP Guidelines) on the California Transportation Commission website (https://catc.ca.gov/programs/sb1/local-partnership-program/local-partnership-program-competitive) and are summarized below:
- Improvements to the state highway system
- Improvements to transit facilities
- Acquisition, retrofit, or rehabilitation of rolling stock, buses or other transit equipment
- Improvements to local road system
- Improvements to bicycle and pedestrian safety or mobility
- Improvements to mitigate the environmental impact of new transportation infrastructure on a locality’s or region’s air quality or water quality.
- A separate phase or stage of construction for sound walls, landscaping, wetlands, or habitat restoration or creation, replacement plantings and drainage facilities
- Sound walls for a freeway that was built prior to 1987 without sound walls
- Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation
- Other transportation improvement projects
Matching Funds:
Successful applications will require a minimum 1:1 match of funding (federal, local or state other than funds allocated by the California Transportation Commission).
Minimum Grant Size: $2,000,000
Maximum Grant Size: $25,000,000
Please submit the required information to SCTA staff for consideration by close of business (COB) March 2, 2020. All project information and submittals should be sent to Seana L. S. Gause, Senior – Programming and Projects, either by email at seana.gause@scta.ca.gov or by U.S. Post at 411 King Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95404. Questions and comments can be directed to Seana Gause at (707) 565-5372.
Delivery Schedule:
SCTA Staff Recommendation: March 26, 2020
SCTA Board Program Approval: April 13, 2020
Applications due to CTC: June 12, 2020
CTC Staff Recommendations: November 12, 2020
CTC Program Adoption: December 2, 2020