 On November 7, 2006, nearly seventy percent of Orange County voters approved the renewal of Measure M, a half-cent local transportation sales tax, for an additional 30 years beginning in 2011 until 2041. Renewed Measure M is expected to raise $11.8 billion to improve Orange County’s transportation system, including two new environmental programs.
A total of $243.5 million has been designated to mitigate the environmental impacts of freeway improvements through the Mitigation and Resource Protection Program and $237.2 million has been dedicated to provide a competitive grant process through the Environmental Cleanup Program to help local agencies clean up highway and street runoff and meet Clean Water Act standards.
Both programs were launched in the fall of 2008 with the creation of two oversight committees to make recommendations to the Board of Directors on how each program is to be designed and implemented.
The purpose of the Environmental Oversight Committee is to make recommendations to the Board of Directors on the allocation of environmental freeway mitigation funds and monitor the implementation of a master agreement between OCTA and state and federal resource agencies.
The Environmental Cleanup Allocation Committee is designed to make recommendations to the Board of Directors on the allocation of funds for water quality improvements.
Click below for more information on the Renewed Measure M environmental cleanup and preservation programs:
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