The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) invites the community to provide input on how it plans to invest voter-approved Measure D revenues. Measure D, the transportation improvement ballot measure passed by over 2/3 of Santa Cruz County voters in November 2016, provides funds for highway, trail, rail, multimodal local road, and transit programs in Santa Cruz County.

Members of the public can provide comments in person to the RTC board during a public hearing on Thursday, November 7, 2024, to begin no sooner than 9:30 a.m. at the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisor's Chamber, 701 Ocean Street, Room 525, Santa Cruz, and via zoom (login link). The deadline to submit written comments by email to info@sccrtc.org is 9 a.m. on Wednesday, November 6, 2024.

Current Projects:

1. Highway 1: Auxiliary lanes linking on and off ramps and bus-on-shoulder facilities between Soquel Avenue and Freedom Boulevard and new bicycle/pedestrian bridges over the highway.

2. Coastal Rail Trail: Bicycle/pedestrian trail between Davenport and Watsonville, and corridor maintenance. Proposing to advance delivery of Segment 18 Phase 2 (Watsonville).

3. Rail Corridor: Rail preservation and environmental study of zero-emission passenger rail.

4. San Lorenzo Valley/Highway 9: multiple improvements.

Begins no sooner than 9:30 a.m. at the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisor's Chamber, 701 Ocean Street, Room 525, Santa Cruz, and via zoom : Link