For 24 consecutive years, OCTA has proceeded in accordance with the Measure M ordinance. That was the finding of the Measure M Taxpayers Oversight Committee at its annual Measure M public hearing on Feb. 11.
Measure M, Orange County’s half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements, was approved by voters first in 1990 and renewed in 2006.
The independent, 11-member oversight committee was formed to monitor OCTA’s use of Measure M funding, approve all changes to the Measure M plan and hold annual public hearings on the expenditure of funds generated by Measure M.
Projects funded by Measure M touch the lives of Orange County taxpayers every day and include freeway improvements, street widening and intersection improvements, signal synchronization, water quality improvement projects and open space acquisition and restoration for environmental mitigation, funding for Metrolink commuter rail service in Orange County, and programs and discounted fares that increase mobility for seniors and persons with disabilities.
More transportation improvements are on the way. Measure M is expected to generate nearly $16 billion through 2041.
