California Streets and Highways Code

§ 31070

SHC § 31070 Effective Jan 1, 2002Div. 17 · Ch. 4.6

Statute text

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:

(a)Following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, legislation was enacted to make seismic safety a top transportation priority in this state. In the wake of the Northridge earthquake of 1994, when nine major freeway bridges were destroyed and 11 major highways wee closed, seismic retrofit of the state’s bridges and highways again became the number one priority on the state’s transportation agenda.

(b)In 1996, voters approved Proposition 192, a two billion dollar ($2,000,000,000) bond measure for state highway seismic retrofit. This funding measure includes the costs of retrofitting seven state-owned toll bridges, five in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay area and two in southern California. Replacement costs for the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge were factored in as well.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 907, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2002.