California Streets and Highways Code CHAPTER 10 - Grade Separation Projects

• Section 2450.
  For purposes of this chapter:(a) “Grade separation” means, for the purpose of calculating the railroad contribution to the project, the theoretical structure necessary to separate the...
• Section 2451.
  (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “local agency” includes a city, a county, a separation-of-grade district, and any public entity that provides rail passenger transportation...
• Section 2452.
  Prior to July 1 of each year, the Public Utilities Commission shall establish a list, in order of priority, of projects that the commission determines...
• Section 2453.
  From the funds set aside pursuant to Section 190, as well as from any other funds that may be set aside for purposes of this...
• Section 2453.5.
  The department may submit its comments and recommendations to the commission on any project for which an allocation is to be made.(Added by Stats. 1980,...
• Section 2454.
  Allocations made pursuant to Section 2453 shall be made on the basis of the following:(a) An allocation of 80 percent of the estimated cost of the...
• Section 2454.2.
  The planned removal of trackage of the Sacramento Northern Railway, the construction of substitute tracks and track connections, the elimination of 10 existing grade crossings,...
• Section 2455.
  After an allocation is made to a local agency by the commission, the local agency and the department shall enter into an agreement concerning the...
• Section 2456.
  An allocation for construction costs, including preconstruction costs if not already allocated, shall be made to a local agency only if it furnishes evidence satisfactory...
• Section 2457.
  Preconstruction costs (engineering, right-of-way, preparation of environmental impact reports, and utility relocation) expended by a local agency prior to any allocation shall be included in...
• Section 2458.
  If a construction contract has not been awarded within two years after an allocation for construction costs, the commission may order the allocation canceled and...
• Section 2459.
  If the actual cost of the project is less than estimated, the allocations made for such project shall be reduced accordingly and the excess shall...
• Section 2460.
  If more projects comply with the requirements of this chapter than can be financed from funds set aside for purposes of this chapter, allocations shall...
• Section 2460.5.
  From funds remaining after allocations for projects higher on the priority list, the commission shall offer to allocate the remaining funds for the next eligible...
• Section 2460.7.
  A project that is on the priority list may be constructed by a local agency prior to the time that it reaches a high enough...
• Section 2461.
  Allocations for specific projects on the state highway system only shall be deemed expenditures within the county in which the project is situated for the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018