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SACOG presents 2025 regional blueprint, warns of transportation funding 'fiscal cliff'
Summary
The Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) outlined its 2025 long-range plan for the six-county region, projecting steep population and job growth through 2050 and urging local jurisdictions to prepare for likely cuts to federal transit funding.
The Sacramento Area Council of Governments on Wednesday updated the West Sacramento City Council on its 2025 regional blueprint, saying the region must be strategic about transportation investments as federal and state funding become less certain.
SACOG Executive Director James Corliss told council members the blueprint — a long-range plan covering 22 cities across six counties through 2050 — ties transportation, housing and jobs together and is intended to keep the Sacramento region competitive for state and federal grants.
Corliss said the region is forecast to grow by about 600,000 people and 260,000 jobs by 2050, requiring roughly 278,000 housing units. For West Sacramento specifically, he said planners project roughly 31,000 additional residents, 15,000 more jobs and…
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