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1.9 Transportation Development Fee 36.4% City of Stillwater’s General Fund 61.7% Half-Cent Transportation Sales Tax Transportation Funding Sources 2010-2016
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Half-Cent Transportation Sales Tax Reauthorization Election
» Continuation of Current Sales Tax is on the Ballot
Stillwater City Council has called for an election on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015. Voters will consider whether to reauthorize the Half-Cent Transportation Sales Tax for another ten years, through October 2026. The current tax was authorized in 2001, reauthorized in 2006 and is set to expire in 2016.
If approved, the funds will allow the City to continue addressing transportation issues by providing funding for planning, design and construction for projects that improve mobility, such as streets, traffic signal systems, sidewalks, bridges and bikeways-at the current level.
» Why use sales tax to fund transportation?
Many cities choose to collect transportation funds through sales tax because approximately a third of the money is paid by non-residents-people who drive into our community to work, visit and shop. To reconstruct two lane miles of a city street, the City budgets about $1 million. Currently, the Half-Cent Transportation Sales Tax generates approximately $4 million annually.
» Transportation projects include the following:
• ASSET MANAGEMENT: Projects that repair and restore existing infrastructure including pavement, bridges and bridge structures, and traffic signal systems. Example projects include the annual pavement maintenance projects, the Main Street bridge rehabilitation and traffic signal system replacement.
• SAFETY AND MOBILITY: Projects that address safety needs within the transportation system and improve mobility for all modes of transportation including vehicles, freight, transit, bicycles, and pedestrians. Example projects include corridor signal timing plans to improve traffic flow, intersection improvement projects and sidewalk projects.
• CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS: Major road, bridge and intersection improvement projects. Recent projects include University Avenue, Perkins Road (Richmond to Yost), Jardot Road (19th to McElroy), 19th Avenue bridge over Boomer Creek and several neighborhood streets.
» The City is responsible for the following:
• More than 440 lane miles of asphalt and concrete pavements.
• 28 bridges, including one structurally deficient bridge and one fracture critical bridge.
• 64 signalized intersections, which include traffic signals for all approach lanes and turn lanes, hardware for operation and communication between signals.
• 7,897 traffic signs including stop signs, speed limits, street names and advisory signs.
• 30 miles of bike facilities, including share the road routes and bike lanes.
» About OK SH-51 (6th Avenue) and US-177 (Perkins Road)
The Oklahoma Department ofTransportation is responsible for enhancing and repairing State Highway 51 (6th Avenue) and U.S. 177 (Perkins Road and Washington Street from Airport to Richmond).
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