Under the plan<\/a>, cities and the counties aren\u2019t allowed to spend more than 5% of their Measure C dollars on expanding roads until every road has hit an average of 65 on the pavement condition index, with some safety exceptions.<\/p>\nThe new plan represents a major shift in transportation policy for Fresno County.<\/p>\n
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The plan dedicates about 65% of the sales tax revenues to fix up local roads, with 25% towards public transit.<\/p>\n
But now the approved plan heads to the County Board of Supervisors, where Supervisors Bredefeld and Buddy Mendes have made it clear that they\u2019ll reject this plan in favor of an alternative that vastly reduces public transit spending to expand more roads.<\/p>\n
The rival plan would reduce public transit allocation to just 11% of the total tax revenues, with 18% going to \u2018regional projects\u2019 and 70% towards fixing local roads.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The new plan represents a major shift in transportation policy for Fresno County.<\/p>\n
Proponents of the approved plan could bypass the supervisors by gathering signatures to qualify for the ballot instead.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goal of this measure is, \u2018fix all of our roads,\u2019\u201d Mouanoutoua said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
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