Transportation: Quick-Build Pilot Program., the official text

An act to add and repeal Section 91.3 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to transportation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and requires the department to improve and maintain the state highways.
This bill would establish the Quick-Build Pilot Program to expedite development and implementation of low-cost improvements on the state highway system, as specified. The bill would require the department, on or before December 31, 2027, to develop and publish guidance for the deployment of district quick-build improvements. The bill would require the department, on or before December 31, 2028, to identify and commit to funding a minimum of 6 quick-build improvements statewide.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.
Section 91.3 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to read:
91.3.
(a) The Quick-Build Pilot Program is hereby established to expedite development and implementation of low-cost improvements, including, but not limited to, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, on the state highway system in a manner consistent with the guidance developed pursuant to subdivision (b).
(b) On or before December 31, 2027, the department shall develop and publish all necessary guidance for the deployment of district quick-build improvements.
(c) On or before December 31, 2028, the department shall identify and commit to funding a minimum of six quick-build improvements statewide under the Quick-Build Pilot Program.
(d) For purposes of this section, a “quick-build improvement” includes, but is not limited to, work related to the installation of signage, lane markings, and other low-cost measures to improve the safety of bicycle and pedestrian facilities on the state highway system.
(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030, and as of that date is repealed.