What Can Santa Clara County Do Next?
In order to fund some or all of the planned projects given the court decision, Santa Clara County could attempt to secure two-thirds voter approval for another local tax measure in 1996. Alternatively, the county could substitute higher priority Measure A projects for some of the county’s projects currently scheduled to be funded in the 1994 State Transportation Improvement Program. This approach, however, would not provide more money for county projects, but would instead entail a reprioritization of projects, presumably according to their deliverability and their effectiveness in reducing congestion for the area.
