OCTA’s board of directors adopted a $1.26 billion budget on June 10 to increase bus operations and continue making improvements to Orange County’s highways and roads.
The proposed budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year that begins July 1 encompasses all services, project and programs administered by OCTA and includes a 4 percent increase in bus service.
Highlights of the new budget include:
- $281 million for bus operations – an increase of $14 million over fiscal year 2012-13
- $153 million in Measure M funds, the half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements, for voter-approved freeway improvement projects along the Riverside Freeway (SR-91), Orange Freeway (SR-57), Santa Ana Freeway (I-5), San Diego Freeway (I-405) and Costa Mesa Freeway (SR-55)
- $322 million in Measure M funds for street and road improvements, including $150 million for the O.C. Bridges program, $140 million for city projects and $14 million for traffic light signal synchronization
- $200 million for rail improvements including construction of the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, Placentia Metrolink station and the State College Grade Separation project
For more information, visit www.octa.net/budget.
