BETTER DRAINAGE FACILITIES FOR LESS TAX DOLLARS BY COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS

THE HYDRAULICS SECTION, DISTRICT IV, CALIFORNIA STATE DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS, HAS FOUND THAT WHEN DRAINAGE PROBLEMS EXIST OUTSIDE THE NORMAL RIGHT-OF-WAY AREA IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION THE MOST SATISFACTORY SOLUTION IS FOUND THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY CONCERNED. THESE AGREEMENTS PROVIDE FOR BETTER DESIGN, ENGINEERING, AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE DRAINAGE FACILITIES THAN EITHER THE STATE OR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY COULD PROVIDE INDIVIDUALLY, AND AT LESS COST TO BOTH THE HIGHWAY USERS TAX FUNDS AND TO THE LOCAL TAXPAYERS. THIS IS BECAUSE THE STATE, ALTHOUGH RESPONSIBLE FOR PASSING DRAINAGE WATER ACROSS ITS RIGHT-OF-WAY AND FOR DISPOSING OF STORM WATER FALLING ON ITS PROPERTY, IS PROHIBITED BOTH BY THE STATE CONSTITUTION AND BY STATUTE FROM SPENDING HIGHWAY USERS TAX FUNDS FOR ANYTHING IN EXCESS OF MINIMUM FACILITIES NEEDED FOR PROTECTION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. HOWEVER, THESE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS PERMIT THE STATE TO ADD THESE MINIMUM FUNDS TO THOSE PROVIDED BY A LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY AND BUILD SATISFACTORY DRAINAGE FACILITIES, INCLUDING ACQUISITION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE, USUALLY FAR BEYOND THE ABILITY OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY TO PROVIDE ALONE. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Ferneau, T E
  • Ross, James W
• Publication Date: 1964

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: pp 1-7
• Monograph Title: Drainage law; Flood plain planning; Depressed curb-opening inlets
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 58
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Cooperation; County government; Design; Drainage structures; Economic benefits; Maintenance; Property acquisition; Right of way (Land); State government; State highway departments
• Old TRIS Terms: Drainage systems
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Economics; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203942
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 12 1994 12:00AM