Tom Warne Report, 4 November 2011
San Diego County has approved a plan for $200 billion in transportation projects divided into ten-year allotments through 2050. The San Diego Association of Governments board of directors on Friday passed the Regional Transportation Plan that will add 156 miles of new trolley service, a new trolley tunnel downtown, 130 miles of managed highway lanes and $3.8 billion for bike and pedestrian projects.
The vote is the result of an effort that began nearly three years ago to extend the county’s current plan, the 2030 Regional Transportation Plan to more closely match the life span of the voter-approved half-cent TransNet sales tax.
The goal of the plan is to direct future residential and commercial development toward high-density urban centers along established highway and transit corridors.