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File #: 25-6037   
Type: Orange County Transportation Authority Item Status: Passed
File created: 1/21/2025 In control: Regional Transportation Planning Committee
On agenda: 7/7/2025 Final action: 7/14/2025
Title: Federal Fiscal Year 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 Surface Transportation Block Grant/Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program Project Prioritization Recommendations
Sponsors: Ben Ku, Rose Casey
Attachments: 1. Transmittal, 2. Staff Report, 3. Attachment A, 4. Attachment B, 5. Attachment C, 6. Presentation

Subject

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Federal Fiscal Year 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 Surface Transportation Block Grant/Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program Project Prioritization Recommendations

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Overview

On March 10, 2025, the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors approved the federal fiscal year 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 Surface Transportation Block Grant/Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program project prioritization guidance and directed staff to return to the Board of Directors with a recommended priority for each project application. Recommendations are presented for Board of Directors’ approval.

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Recommendation(s)

A.                     Approve the federal fiscal year 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 Surface Transportation Block Grant/Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program project prioritization recommendations.

 

B.                     Authorize staff to process all necessary amendments to the Federal Transportation Improvement Program to facilitate the above actions.

 

C.                     Authorize the Chief Executive Officer or his designee to provide concurrence on future project scope changes, extension requests, and substitutions in order to preserve funding for Orange County projects.