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Comprehensive Transportation Funding Programs — Page 3 <br />2024 Call for Projects Programming Recommendations <br />Of the six recommended projects, three will provide arterial improvement <br />benefits with grants for the engineering, right-of-way (ROW), and/or construction <br />phases, and three will provide intersection capacity enhancements with ROW <br />and construction phase grants. Implementation of these projects <br />in aggregate is anticipated to produce notable congestion relief in <br />Orange County, while enhancing the arterial system overall. <br />RTSSP <br />OCTA received six applications requesting a total of $13.91 million in RTSSP <br />funding. These applications were also reviewed for eligibility, consistency, and <br />adherence to guidelines and overall program objectives. During the review <br />process, one project application was withdrawn by the local jurisdiction, reducing <br />the overall requested funding of this call to $13.53 million. <br />Attachment A has more detail on the submitted projects. Staff worked with the <br />sponsoring local jurisdictions to address technical issues of final project funding <br />requests. <br />Staff recommends award of $12.89 million to fund five RTSSP projects. The <br />revised recommended grant amount is a result of application review related to <br />construction cost refinements and scope of work clarifications. All five of the <br />recommended projects are anticipated to be implemented by the <br />local jurisdictions in fiscal year 2024-25. Additional details on the <br />RTSSP-recommended projects are provided in Attachment C. <br />The table below provides an overall summary of the funding recommendations: <br />2024 CTFP Call Summary ($ in millions) <br />RCP <br />RTSSP <br />Total <br />Number of Applications Recommended for Approval <br />6 <br />5 <br />11 <br />Amount Recommended for Approval (escalated) <br />$18.72 <br />$12.89 <br />$31.61 <br />These recommendations are consistent with the 2024 guidelines approved by <br />the Board. As such, staff recommends programming $31.61 million for <br />11 projects under the RCP and RTSSP. These awards bring the total amount of <br />M2 grants by OCTA to local agencies to more than $556 million since 2011 in <br />support of the development of a safe, efficient, and modern roadway system. A <br />map displaying the 2024 RCP and RTSSP recommended project awards is <br />provided in Attachment D. <br />