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SAN • ASSOCIATION OF •
2017 REGIONAL
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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The San Diego Association of Governments(SANDAG)provides the forum for the county's
19 local governments to build consensus and work together on issues that affect the entire
region.The Board of Directors,made up of elected officials from the 18 city councils and
the County Board of Supervisors,oversees a$1 billion annual budget dedicated to a wide
array of projects,programs,and initiatives.The agency focuses on planning and building
transportation infrastructure that supports the region's economy,while at the same time
protecting the environment and our quality of life.Some of the agency's regionwide
accomplishments in 2017 include:
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS PLANNING AND
71 Continued double tracking region's 71 Partnered with Caltrans on major highway ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAMS
60-mile coastal rail line.A half mile was improvements, including the Genesee 71 Kicked off work on San Diego Forward:
added and work started on three projects Avenue overpass and Interstate 805 The 2019-2050 Regional Plan
that will add five more miles,as well as improvements.
station improvements. :3 The SANDAG iCommute Program served
7 Environmentally cleared the 1-5/SR 56 our region with:
7 Continued the implementation of the Interchange project, began development
$200 million Regional Bike Early Action of the 1-805/SR 94 Bus on Shoulder > , om is that carried more than
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Program on 25 projects.In 2017,4.3 miles Demonstration Project,and opened two 5,100095 commuters to work
of bikeway were added,including the SR major projects to the public—the SR 76 > Held the region's busiest ever Bike to
15 Commuter Bikeway,breaking ground East and 1-805 South:East Palomar Street Work Day
on one project,and environmentally Direct Access Ramp,Transit Station,and > partnered with Uber to encourage
clearing two more projects. Park&Ride. sustainable commute choices
71 SANDAG and partner agencies invested 71 Successfully managed South Bay > Distributed the iCommute Diamond
more than$3 billion in the transit system, Expressway, 1-15 Managed Lanes,511,and Awards to 67 employers regionwide
including ongoing construction of the the Freeway Service Patrol.
Mid-Coast Trolley extension,Centerline
71 Partnered with Caltrans and Chula Vista
Rapid stations,and the South Bay Rapid to win federal designation as one of ten
autonomous vehicle proving ground sites
project.
in the nation
7 Provided no cost energy efficiency and
FINANCES AND OVERSIGHT climate change planning services to
member agencies
71 Began the process of forming new 71 Successfully completed the FY 2016 audits 71 Pursued programs to support and
SANDAG Audit Committee of SANDAG's Comprehensive Annual
Financial Report(CAFR)earning the encourage installation of electric vehicle
71 Began first ten-year comprehensive charging stations
review of TransNet program Certificate of Achievement for Excellence
in Financial Reporting -1 14 Smart Growth Incentive Program and
71 Launched the Plan of Excellence,an 71 Active Transportation Grant Program
agency-wide effort to improve SANDAG's Refinanced outstanding South Bay projects were completed in 2017
processes,programs,and communications Expressway debt,saving more than
$147 million
SANDAG IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
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2017 '
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
While the San Diego Association of
Governments focuses on issues that cross ' �`FF s °' •
jurisdictional boundaries and affect everyone
in the region,the agency also partners with
individual local governments to assist in
accomplishing a variety of objectives,such
as reducing traffic congestion,meeting
environmental goals,and incentivizing smart -
growth and active transportation programs. —The following are local and regional projects
and programs that SANDAG financed during __ I
2017 that benefited the city of Chula Vista:
1 TransNet Extension Local Street and Road allocation: , A>a�
FY17:$5,850,176 p rase
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Resen,alation
To Date: $43,821,633 tt 11 II
1 Opened to the Public:The East Palomar Street
Direct Access Ramp,Transit Station and Park&Ride �se
provides easy access to two 1-805 HOV lanes m
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1 w,m Under Construction:South Bay Rapid,a 26-mile m �sPrvaatbil
transit route from Otay Mesa,through Chula Vista, ndaatY.ga
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to Downtown San Diego with soft launch in fall a.M— Eswn Santa Ysebel
2018 and full service in January 2019 a°°° %a
Mesa Grenee
1 In Operation:Celebrated the tenth birthday of pBSeVB"°n
South Bay Expressway,an important element of E
South County's transportation system since SANDAG
acquired it in 2011
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1 Refinanced:Restructured debt on South Bay Big Picture: Del Me,
Expressway,saving more than$147 million over the All Traffic that
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life of the 26-year loans Terminates in Cappan Gme
Chula Vista P.-
-1 Innovated:San Diego was designated one of ten (inflow and Outflow)
autonomous vehicle proving grounds in the nation s1%of the vehicle miles
traveled(VMT)associated
1 Awarded:Walk+Bike Chula Vista Education with Chula Vista occur
within the city' Die
Encouragement and Awareness received a$100,000 69%of the vMToccurs Re'"
grant with a matching source of$20,000 outside Chula Vista
1 Awarded:SANDAG awarded $50,000 from the EMP Aa
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Land Management Grant Program to Chula Vista se.:aarowiea emarencea iJamul lndran
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to improve coastal cactus wren habitat in the Salt ;unsd—m.the scaresotthe maps co—ft
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1 Work in Progress:A new 2.25-mile portion of the
Bayshore Bikeway opened in National City in they ^'
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