General Provisions - The State Highway System - Streets And Highways - CA

Section § 230

This law section declares that the highways mentioned in the chapter are officially considered state highways.

The highways described in this chapter are State highways.

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Section § 231

This section defines the term 'route' in the context of State highways. It specifies that 'route' refers to the State highway route as assigned by the commission, and the full descriptions of these routes are found in article 3 of this chapter.

As used in this chapter, “route” means State highway route and the route numbers are those given the State highway routes or portions thereof by the commission. Each complete route is described in article 3 of this chapter.

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Section § 233

This law states that any land or property interest used for highways, which has been or will be assigned as a State highway, is owned by the people of California. This means the public or any government agency that acquires such property for highway use holds it in the name of California residents.

All title acquired by the public or by any governmental agency to any real property, or interests therein, used for rights of way of any highway heretofore or hereafter constituted a State highway is vested in the name of the people of the State of California.

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Section § 235

This law requires the California Department of Transportation to provide historical information on state highway projects from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2023, and make it available online by January 1, 2025. Information will include the number and types of new lane miles, improvements made, projects described, miles relinquished or converted, properties relocated, and new bike and sidewalk miles added.

Additionally, data on upcoming projects must also be published online by the same date, detailing each project's location, status, purpose, and initial documentation. All information must be presented to the transportation commission by April 1, 2025.

(a) The department shall prepare and make available on its internet website historical data and information about projects on the state highway system covering the projects on a fiscal year basis on the state highway system from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2023, inclusive. The department shall make this data and information available no later than January 1, 2025. The department, in consultation with the commission, shall develop a format for the data and information. The historical data and information shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(1) The number of total lane miles in the state highway system.

(2) The number of new total lane miles added to the state highway system.

(3) Of the lane miles added to the state highway system, a breakdown of the number of miles added by type, including, but not limited to, general purpose lanes, auxiliary lanes, managed lanes, including high-occupancy vehicle lanes, and interchanges, as well as information on improvements to interchanges.

(4) A project description of each project that added lane miles to the state highway system.

(5) The number of miles of the state highway system that were relinquished.

(6) The number of miles of the state highway system that were converted from a general purpose lane to a managed lane, including a high-occupancy vehicle lane, and a high-occupancy vehicle lane to a high-occupancy toll lane or other type of lane.

(7) The number of homes and businesses that were relocated due to the acquisition of rights-of-way for the new lane miles on the state highway system.

(8) The number of new bike lane miles added to state highways, broken down by Class I, Class II, Class III, and Class IV.

(9) The number of new sidewalk miles added to state highways and the number of existing sidewalks that were reconstructed to improve accessibility and the safety of pedestrians.

(b) The department shall prepare and make available on its internet website data and information on planned, pending projects on the state highway system no later than January 1, 2025. The department, in consultation with the commission, shall develop a format for the data and information. The data and information shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(1) A description of each project, including the location. Location information shall allow the public to clearly understand where the project is being undertaken and may include, to the extent available, specific highway routes, project boundaries, and geolocation data.

(2) The date each project initiation document was completed.

(3) The status of each project including the current phase of development, designated as environmental, design, right-of-way, or construction.

(4) A determination of the primary purpose and need of each project, if available.

(c) The department shall present the data and information required pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) to the commission at a regularly scheduled commission meeting on or before April 1, 2025.

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Section § 236

This law requires the department responsible for the state highway system to publish detailed annual reports on highway projects, starting January 1, 2026, covering the prior fiscal year. The first set of data should include the 2023-24 fiscal year. The data should include details like greenhouse gas emissions changes, impacts on vehicle miles, project mitigations, and new connections to bike and walking paths. The information must be presented to the commission by April 1 each year.

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(1) The department shall prepare and make available on an annual basis on its internet website data and information about projects on the state highway system covering the prior fiscal year. The department shall make this data and information available no later than January 1, 2026, and January 1 of each year thereafter. The department, in consultation with the commission, shall develop a format for the data and information.

(2) For the data and information required to be made available no later than January 1, 2026, pursuant to paragraph (1), the department shall also include data and information about projects on the state highway system covering the 2023–24 fiscal year.

(b) The data and information shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(1) All of the data and information described in paragraphs (1) to (9), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 235.

(2) A quantification of an increase or decrease in greenhouse gas emissions associated with the lane miles added to the state highway system, if available.

(3) A quantification of an increase or decrease in vehicle miles traveled on the state highway system associated with the lane miles added to the state highway system.

(4) A quantification of the mitigation required by Section 21099 of the Public Resources Code as part of the projects that resulted in additional lane miles on the state highway system.

(5) The number of connections made with locally owned bike and walk facilities.

(c) The department shall present the data and information required by this section to the commission at a regularly scheduled commission meeting on or before April 1 of each year.

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