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Sacramento Transportation Authority outlines 2025 priorities, eyes future sales-tax measure and countywide planning role
Summary
The Sacramento Transportation Authority reviewed Measure A revenues and operational programs, highlighted planning needs to compete for state and federal grants, and directed staff to form an ad hoc group to study funding and planning options while prioritizing a potential county sales-tax measure.
Kevin Busey, executive director of the Sacramento Transportation Authority, told the board on Feb. 13 that the agency’s core mission is to secure funding for local transportation needs and that STA operates with a small staff while administering significant programs.
“Measure A ... our mission is to secure funding for local transportation needs, and we are an independent local government,” Busey said, describing Measure A as a half-cent sales tax approved by voters in 2004 that funds transportation projects in Sacramento County. He told members Measure A revenues now track at roughly $175,000,000 per year and that development impact fees raise about $6 million to $9 million annually. He said administrative expenses are capped at 0.75 percent.
Busey reviewed STA’s three main program areas: Measure A, the Sac Metro Freeway Service Patrol and the Senate Bill 1 Local Partnership…
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