For the 32nd consecutive year, the Measure M transportation investment plan is being delivered as promised to the voters of Orange County, according to an oversight committee that monitors OCTA’s use of Measure M funding, approves all changes to the investment plan and holds annual public hearings on whether OCTA is proceeding in accordance with the plan.
“We know that the taxpayers of Orange County entrust OCTA to be good shepherds of the funds collected through Measure M, to properly invest those funds in improving the way people move throughout our county,” said OCTA Director Michael Hennessey, chairman of OCTA’s Finance and Administration Committee and a public member of the Board of Directors since 2011. “We appreciate the good work of this independent committee and I’m proud that for 32 straight years the TOC has determined that those funds are being used as intended.”
Measure M, also known as OC Go, will continue funding balanced and sustainable transportation improvements through 2041 with revenues expected to exceed $15 billion. The voter-approved funding plan allocates 43% to freeways, 32% to streets and roads, 25% to transit, and includes two environmental programs.
The goals of Measure M include:
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