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Local resident warns Measure T implementing guidelines could divert local road funds, urges longer public review
Summary
During public comment, Dan Metz of Oakhurst said draft implementing guidelines for Measure T allow jurisdictions to move local-road funds to regional projects and called for publication of comments and an additional 30-day public review period.
At the beginning of the June 2 Madera County Board meeting, resident Dan Metz urged the board to revise draft implementing guidelines for the voter‑approved Measure T, saying a sentence in the current draft would enable jurisdictions to transfer local‑road funds to regional projects and thereby undermine voters’ commitment to allocate 80% of Measure T dollars to local roads.
Metz told the board the draft expenditure plan and implementing guidelines leave unclear who approves transfers, how long transfers may last, and whether there are quantitative limits on the amounts that may be redirected to regional or transit projects. He said the plan’s flexible subprogram appears to allow the authority to use about half of local roads funding for regional roads and for that reason urged publication of the 80 public comments staff received and a 30‑day review extension.
Board members did not take immediate action on the Measure T implementing guidelines at the meeting. County staff later presented multiple Measure T budget‑establishing items and explained the county’s recent steps to set aside specific Measure T program budgets for grant compliance and financial tracking.
