SECTIONS 2410-2414 - California Statutes

STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE

SECTION 2410-2414

2410. The department, cities, and counties are authorized to
cooperate with the federal government in any inventory or
classification of bridges requested by the federal government.

2411. The department, after conferring with the cities and the
counties, shall recommend state and local projects and take such
other action within the powers conferred on it by law as to comply
with this chapter as fully as applicable federal laws, rules, or
regulations permit.

2412. The boards of supervisors, city councils, and the department
are authorized to enter into cooperative agreements, and to do all
other things necessary and proper in their respective jurisdictions,
to secure federal aid under the Special Bridge Replacement Program in
accordance with the intent of this chapter.

2413. (a) The department may allocate to the counties and the
cities federal funds received for approved bridge reconstruction or
replacement projects on county roads or city streets in accordance
with procedures promulgated by the director in cooperation with the
counties and the cities and approved by the commission.
(b) The cities and the counties may use any funds available to
them to match funds made available to them under this chapter, if the
use of funds for such matching purposes is not prohibited by federal
law. "Match," as used in this chapter, means to provide for the
payment of the cost of any project to the extent that such cost is
not to be reimbursed from federal funds.

2414. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the
state's vital interest to participate fully in the federal highway
bridge replacement program.
(b) The department shall, with its available resources, expedite
bridge replacement projects in order that federal funds be used to
full advantage as soon as they become available.
(c) The commission, in allocating funds, and the department, in
expending funds, for bridge replacement projects, shall follow
federal design standards so that the projects will be eligible for
federal funds, except that this subdivision shall not apply to a
project if the commission finds by resolution, after a public
hearing, that application of the federal design standards would
adversely affect public health or safety or would significantly
increase the cost of the project to the state.
(d) Nothing in this section shall affect the authority of the
department to negotiate with the appropriate federal agency for the
purpose of gaining approval of a project.