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Expenditure Plan Amendment (Amendment No.2) to Replace the Route 238 and Route 84 Project with the Route 238 (Mission Boulevard) Spot Improvements Project - Hayward Segment, the Route 238 (Mission Boulevard) Spot Improvements Project - Union City Segment, the Route 238 (Mission Boulevard) Spot Improvements Project - Fremont Segment, and the Option 2 East-West Connector Project between 1-880 and Mission Boulevard (Route 238) in Fremont and Union City INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND In 1986, Alameda County voters authorized a half-cent transportation sales tax to finance improvements to the County's overburdened transportation infrastructure. This tax expired in 2002. A detailed Expenditure Plan guides the use of those funds. The 1986 Expenditure Plan authorized the expenditure ofloca1 transportation funds to extend BART to Dublin/Pleasanton, open 22 miles of carpool lanes on 1-880, and maintain and expand bus service throughout the county. In addition, the 1986 Plan funds special transportation services for seniors and people with disabilities. The Plan also provided congestion relief throughout Alameda County by adding lanes to 1-880 overpasses, improving the I-580/I-680 interchange in Dublin and Pleasanton which included widening sections ofI-580, reconstructing the Route 13/Highway 24 interchange, extending Route 84 in Livermore to remove highway traffic from the downtown area, improving access to the Oakland International Airport, and upgrading surface streets and arterial roadways. Most of the 10 major projects authorized by the 1986 Expenditure Plan have been completed or are under construction, and those that are still in the design and environmental review stage are scheduled to begin construction in the next few years. Specifically, the 1986 Expenditure Plan included Measure B funds for the widening of Route 238 (Mission Boulevard) between Industrial Parkway and existing Route 84, and the construction of a new Route 84 along a previously adopted alignment where rights of way had been acquired to intersect with 1-880. The alternative that followed that previously-adopted alignment became known as the Historic Parkway. In the Expenditure Plan, Caltrans was named as the project sponsor. The Route 238 widening from Industrial Parkway to the south and the new Route 84 were intended to complement another project included in the 1986 Expenditure Plan to improve the existing Route 238 on a new expressway alignment to bypass downtown Hayward, from Industrial Parkway north to 1-580 in Hayward. This project was commonly referred to as the Route 238 Hayward Bypass Project. After decades of controversy while the Bypass project was being developed, Amendment No. I to the 1986 Expenditure Plan replaced the Hayward Bypass Project with alternative improvements. Alameda County Transportation Authority June 2006