SECTIONS 2300-2302 - California Statutes

STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE

SECTION 2300-2302

2300. The department shall be responsible for coordinating the work
necessary to carry out the Los Angeles demonstration project, as
described in the financial plans adopted pursuant to Sections 307.1
and 347.1, financed with the federal funds made available by
subdivision (a) of Section 131 of the Surface Transportation
Assistance Act of 1982. The work shall generally be undertaken in
accordance with the provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section
2350), relating to urban system projects. None of the funds expended
for the work of the demonstration project shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 188 or 188.8.

2301. The department shall undertake the Prairie Creek Redwood
State Park demonstration project or other projects as described in
federal law in lieu of this project financed, in part, with funds
made available by Section 152 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978
and Section 12 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981. The total of
all funds expended to complete this project or other projects as
described in federal law in lieu of this project shall not be subject
to any of the provisions of Section 188 or 188.8.

2302. In addition to the purposes allowable pursuant to Section
193, the commission may allocate State Highway Account funds
available for state highway purposes to meet federally required local
financial matching provisions for interstate transfer projects. If
the commission allocates the funds for that purpose, the department
shall expend the funds or cause them to be expended for that purpose.
Funds allocated from the State Highway Account pursuant to this
section shall be deemed expenditures on the state highway system for
purposes of Sections 188 and 188.8. Funds shall be allocated and
expended pursuant to this section only if each of the following
conditions exist:
(a) The project shall be a highway.
(b) The highway shall directly connect with a state highway.
(c) The highway shall be a substitute for a previously authorized
interstate highway.
(d) The amount of state funding for the substitute highway shall
be less than the estimated amount of the state share of the
previously authorized interstate highway, both amounts to be
calculated in current dollar values.
(e) The substitute highway project shall appear in the state
transportation improvement program pursuant to Section 14529 of the
Government Code.