SCH Number 2021030268

Project Info

Title

Regional Transportation Plan & Sustainable Communities Strategy Draft EIR

Description

The project, as defined pursuant to Public Resources Code, Section 21065, is the preparation of the 2022 RTP/SCS. MCTC is in the process of preparing the RTP/SCS as required by Section 65080 et seq., of Chapter 2.5 of the California Government Code, federal guidelines pursuant to new requirements established in the federal surface transportation reauthorization, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” (MAP-21), and the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Acts, Transportation Conformity for the Air Quality Attainment Plan per 40 CFR Part 51 and 40 CFR Part 93, and requirements set forth in Assembly Bill 32, The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, and Senate Bill 375 The Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008. Finally, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has prepared guidelines (most recently adopted by the CTC on January 18, 2017) to assist in the preparation of the RTP/SCS. The last comprehensive EIR on the RTP/SCS was completed and certified in August 2018, which addressed transportation improvement projects, programs, and funding sources.

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