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o' CTA &GO Countywide Pavement Management Plan Guidelines <br />Local Tax Dollars at Work <br />Chapter 1— Introduction <br />On November 6, 1990, the voters in Orange County approved a 1/2-cent sales tax for <br />transportation improvements known as Measure M. This sales tax includes funding for streets <br />and roads that is available to local agencies through both a formula distribution and a competitive <br />process. On November 6, 2006, voters approved a renewal of Measure M to continue the 1/2-cent <br />sales tax for thirty years, beginning in 2011. <br />Background <br />The primary goal of these guidelines is to ensure consistent field data collection and reporting <br />procedures so that countywide funding allocations can be based on agency comparable pavement <br />conditions. <br />Given that all agencies are using uniform data collection procedures, the Orange County <br />Transportation Authority (OCTA) can answer typical questions such as: <br />What is the average countywide condition of local streets and roads? For individual <br />streets? For Arterial Highways? <br />• Which streets have a higher priority and need to be funded first? <br />How much does it cost to bring them up to an acceptable condition? <br />How much will it cost to maintain them in an acceptable condition over the next seven <br />years or more? <br />• What are the impacts on pavement condition at the existing funding levels? <br />Training is provided, periodically, by OCTA to maintain consistency in data collection procedures <br />and assist local agencies in the use of pavement management software. <br />The goal is to ensure a reliable, consistent, and uniform approach <br />to data collection and reporting. <br />Effective March 2024 1-1 <br />