Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act: public-private partnership agreements: toll revenues.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific information on the exact nature and extent of new facilities that may be constructed, nor does it detail the criteria for selecting private partners in public-private partnerships.

Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act: Public-Private Partnerships

The Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act allows SANDAG to use public-private partnerships for a toll facility project near the Otay Mesa East Port of Entry and expands how toll revenues can be used.

What This Bill Does

• Allows SANDAG to build highway improvements and border crossing facilities as a toll facility.
• Expands what 'project' means to include new facilities next to the port or for generating revenue there.
• Permits public-private partnerships as an option for building projects.
• Lets SANDAG charge tolls for using project areas, not just entering them.
• Adds payments to private partners in agreements to costs covered by toll revenues.

Who It Names or Affects

• SANDAG
• People who use the Otay Mesa East Port of Entry and nearby highways

Terms To Know

Public-private partnership

A project where a government agency works with private companies to build or run something.

Toll revenues

Money collected from people who pay tolls on roads or bridges.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much toll revenue will be used for private partner payments.
• It is unclear what new facilities might be built near the port of entry.
• There are no details about how public-private partnerships will be chosen or managed.

Official Summary Text

AB 657, as amended, Alvarez.
Department of Transportation: state highways.
Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act: public-private partnership agreements: toll revenues.
The Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act authorizes the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) to carry out a construction project for the State Highway Route 11 corridor, including, among other things, highway improvements and international border crossing facilities, to be operated as a toll facility. Existing law authorizes SANDAG to fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect tolls and other charges only for entrance to or the use of the corridor, as provided. Existing law authorizes SANDAG to use specified alternative project delivery methods under certain conditions. Existing law requires toll revenues to be used for specified costs, as provided. Existing law defines “project” for purposes of the act to include facilities, whether or not now in existence, acquired or constructed to
facilitate the movement of goods and people along the corridor or at the Otay Mesa East Port of Entry.
This bill would revise and recast the act by, among other things, (1) revising the definition of “project” for purposes of the act to include facilities, whether or not now in existence, acquired or constructed to facilitate the movement of goods and people adjacent to the Otay Mesa East Port of Entry or to facilitate the generation of revenue for, or related to, the Otay Mesa East Port of Entry, (2) authorizing public-private partnerships, as specified, as an alternative project delivery method, (3) authorizing SANDAG to also impose tolls and other charges for the use of a project or property covered by the act, and (4) adding payments to a private partner under a public-private partnership agreement to the categories of costs for which toll revenues are
used under the act, as provided. The bill would also make conforming changes.
Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and the California Transportation Commission and provides that the department has full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes and authorizes and directs the department to lay out and construct all state highways between the termini designated by law and on the locations as determined by the commission.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

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