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By Dustin Steiner, Vice President Government & Industry Relations - Published in Monday Morning Quarterback - March 18, 2024 AGC San Diego joins a growing coalition in support of Let’s Go! San Diego’s November ballot measure to increase the sales tax by a ½ cent. The citizens’ initiative requires a simple majority (50% +1) and promises $350 million (projected) for infrastructure annually with no sunset. With the influx of federal dollars from the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), that $350 million could be leveraged to potentially double its impact locally. If passed, this money would stay in a special dedicated county fund with oversight and disclosures to ensure it’s spent as promised to the voters. The ballot language includes a 27% carveout for “capital projects related to road and highway traffic flow and commuter safety” which includes “fire evacuation routes on SR 67…bridge safety repair and retrofits…highway maintenance, improvements, and connectivity projects on SRs 56, 76, 78, 94, 125, and Interstates 5, 8, 15, and 805.” The tax would also fund transit-friendly projects such as an airport connector, and Purple Line trolley extension from South County to Kearny Mesa. Additionally, there are safety priorities such as moving the rail line off the bluffs, underground stormwater and road/grade separation improvements. AGC SD joins business and labor groups, including San Diego Carpenters Local 619, Flatiron, Rebuild SoCal Partnership, Mid-Coast Transit Constructors, and Laborers San Diego Local 89. To read the text of the measure, click here: San Diego County Transportation Measure - PDF file To learn more about the measure, click here: Let's Go! San Diego | Traffic Relief. Transit. Jobs. (letsgosd.org)
By Dustin Steiner, Vice President Government & Industry Relations - Published in Monday Morning Quarterback - March 18, 2024
AGC San Diego joins a growing coalition in support of Let’s Go! San Diego’s November ballot measure to increase the sales tax by a ½ cent. The citizens’ initiative requires a simple majority (50% +1) and promises $350 million (projected) for infrastructure annually with no sunset. With the influx of federal dollars from the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), that $350 million could be leveraged to potentially double its impact locally. If passed, this money would stay in a special dedicated county fund with oversight and disclosures to ensure it’s spent as promised to the voters.
The ballot language includes a 27% carveout for “capital projects related to road and highway traffic flow and commuter safety” which includes “fire evacuation routes on SR 67…bridge safety repair and retrofits…highway maintenance, improvements, and connectivity projects on SRs 56, 76, 78, 94, 125, and Interstates 5, 8, 15, and 805.” The tax would also fund transit-friendly projects such as an airport connector, and Purple Line trolley extension from South County to Kearny Mesa. Additionally, there are safety priorities such as moving the rail line off the bluffs, underground stormwater and road/grade separation improvements.
AGC SD joins business and labor groups, including San Diego Carpenters Local 619, Flatiron, Rebuild SoCal Partnership, Mid-Coast Transit Constructors, and Laborers San Diego Local 89.
To read the text of the measure, click here: San Diego County Transportation Measure - PDF file
To learn more about the measure, click here: Let's Go! San Diego | Traffic Relief. Transit. Jobs. (letsgosd.org)