Cities and counties warn local roads and bridges at risk as fuel‑tax revenue declines

State and regional officials told an Assembly transportation committee hearing that local streets, bridges and related safety infrastructure are at risk from declining fuel‑tax revenues and rising costs for construction and climate resilience.

Tanisha Taylor, executive director of the California Transportation Commission, told the committee that the CTC allocates funds to cities and counties through several statutory programs and that a decline in bottom‑of‑the‑waterfall revenues would most directly affect the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), the SB 1 Local Streets and Roads program and the State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOP). She said the state currently programs nearly $8 billion per year through these mechanisms but that projected declines mean fewer maintenance and improvement projects in future cycles.

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