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BACKGROUND The Alameda County Congestion Management Agency (CMA) was created in 1991 to coordinate transportation planning, funding and other activities in a congestion management program. The CMA is responsible for the development of and update to the Countywide Transportation Plan. This long -range policy document includes future population and employment patterns. It guides transportation funding and service decisions over the next 20 years, addressing freeways, buses, rail, ferries and other options like telecommuting, bicycling and pedestrian facilities. Transportation projects competing for state or federal funds must be consistent with this plan. In addition to this long range plan, the CMA is responsible for the Congestion Management Program (CMP), which is a short-range document required with the passage of the 9 cent gas tax in 1990. The CMP provides the short-term response to congestion by setting level -of- service standards for our roadways, analyzing the impact of land development on transportation, exploring ways to manage travel demand and developing a seven -year capital improvement program. In the most recent seven -year funding period, the CMA secured a total of $500 million, or about $70 million annually, in state and federal funds. This annual amount is roughly equivalent to the yearly revenue of the local sales -tax program referred to as the Measure B program and administered by Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority. The Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority (ACTIA) was created in November of 2000 when Alameda County voters reauthorized Measure B, the half cent sales tax. Measure B was originally approved in 1986 and the Authority was created to administer the funds and ensure project and program delivery. Measure B funds millions of dollars worth of local transportation improvements in every Alameda County jurisdiction. Under the Measure B program, the approximately $600 million of Measure B investments are anticipated to leverage an additional $1.9 billion, resulting in $2.5 Billion worth of transportation improvements in Alameda County. DISCUSSION Both the CMA and ACTIA are very active in administering transportation improvements in Alameda County and the Tri- Valley. Some of the Tri Valley projects include: 1 -580 HOV Eastbound (Hacienda to 1 -580 Westbound Auxiliary Lane Greenville) (Airway Boulevard To Fallon Road) 1 -580 HOV Westbound (Greenville to 1 -580 Eastbound Auxiliary Lane (El Foothill) Charro Road To Airway Boulevard) 1- 580/1 -680 Interchange Modification 1 -580/ Route 84 (Isabel Avenue) 1 -580 Center to Center Program Interchange 1 -580 High Occupancy Toll Lane State Route 84 Expressway Project Altamont Commuter Express Rail 1 -580 Westbound Auxiliary Lane BART To Livermore Study (Fallon Road To Tassajara Road) Page 2 of 3