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LANE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
<br />INTRODUCTION
<br />Lane County currently maintains 1436 miles of roads and 412 bridges. The maintenance and
<br />improvement of these investments are split into two categories of expenditures -Operations,
<br />Maintenance, & Preservation and Capital Improvement Projects.
<br />Operations, Maintenance, 8~ Preservation includes activities related to maintaining and
<br />repairing the road and bridge system, like surface and shoulder maintenance, drainage work,
<br />vegetation management, guardrail repair, signing, striping, pavement marking, and signal
<br />maintenance. Preservation activities such as pavement overlays and chip seals extend the
<br />useful life of the pavement.
<br />Capital Improvement Projects, or modernization projects, include widening a facility to add
<br />shoulders, adding capacity, safety improvements, intersection improvements, bringing roads and
<br />bridges up to standards, and paving gravel roads. Modernization construction projects are
<br />typically contracted to private firms, but Lane County Public Works/Engineering Division staff
<br />usually performs associated planning, right-of-way and engineering work. Consultants assist for
<br />bridge design, geotechnical engineering, and environmental studies.
<br />In addition to the modernization projects on County maintained facilities, capital expenditures
<br />include road partnership payments to Lane County cities, project specific payments to cities, the
<br />State or other quasi-governmental agencies, and community development road improvement
<br />assistance grants to agencies.
<br />To sum up this document, the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) is a 5-year plan for capital
<br />improvements to Lane County's transportation network. Projects included in the CIP are
<br />designed to improve the safety, utility, and efficiency of the existing road network, plan for future
<br />growth in traffic volumes, reduce maintenance costs, conserve fuel, accommodate alternative
<br />transportation modes, and promote economic development.
<br />ROAD FUND
<br />The County Road Fund is used for both Operations, Maintenance, & Preservation (OM&P) and
<br />Capital Improvement (CIP) projects. The Road Fund is comprised of revenue from several
<br />sources. In fiscal year 2004-2005 the County anticipates receiving $19,800,000 in Federal
<br />Timber Receipts, $13,700,000 in State Highway User Taxes and Fees, $1,000,000 in Federal
<br />Aid/Fund Exchange programs, $1,000,000 in Investment Earnings, and $3,240,000 in other
<br />Miscellaneous Sources.
<br />State Highway User Taxes and Fees consist of state motor fuel taxes (currently 24 cents per
<br />gallon), state weight-mile taxes for heavy vehicles, motor vehicle registration fees, fines, licenses,
<br />and other miscellaneous revenues. The fees and taxes collected are distributed to government
<br />agencies approximately as follows - 60% state, 24% counties, and 16% cities. The counties'
<br />portion is split amongst all counties based on each county's proportion of registered vehicles to
<br />the statewide total. The cities' portion is split based on the ratio of each city's population to the
<br />total statewide population within cities.
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