County Funding Option for Transportation Projects

County Funding Option for Transportation

ProjectsCommissioner Michael PipeTuesday, January 13, 2015

Pennsylvania’s Transportation Funding Needs

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Transportation Bill (Act 89 of 2013)

• Signed by Governor Corbett in 2013• By 2020, $2.3-$2.4

billion in new revenue for transportation funding1

• Gives Counties option to increase registration fees by $5 starting in 2015

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Current Cost to Register a Vehicle

•Passenger vehicle: $36•Motorcycle: $18•Trucks: $60•Retired person vehicle registration: $10•Annual income may not exceed $19,200

What’s exempt from the $5 increase?

Non-Exempt•Passenger• Truck•Motorcycle•Bus/Limo•Motor Home• Trailer and Semi-Trailer

Exempt•Commonwealth•Municipal Government•Penn State•Mass Transit• Emergency Vehicle•Disabled Veteran, POW,

Medal of Honor

Non-Exempt Vehicles Registered

•According to PennDOT, as of October 19, 2014, there were approximately 116,515 non-exempt vehicles registered in Centre County

116,515x $5

$582,575in additional annual

transportation investments

2015 Liquid Fuels Requests

• Support municipalities’ construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of transportation infrastructure• In 2015, Centre County received $1,118,893.75 in Liquid Fuels

(LF) requests• On Tuesday, December 31st 2014, Centre County allocated

$182,387 to six municipalities for 2015 LF projects• If Centre County adopted ordinance for $5 increase in vehicle

registration fee, then beginning in 2016 there would be4x the amount of grant funding for local transportation projects.

Liquid Fuels Allocation for 2015Benner Twp $18,070 Boggs Twp $83,796 Ferguson Twp $30,000 Gregg Twp $16,000 Halfmoon Twp $20,000 Penn Twp $200,000 Rush Twp $48,800 Taylor Twp $140,000 Walker Twp $20,000 Worth Twp $58,000 Bellefonte Boro $15,000 Centre Hall Boro $20,000 Snow Shoe Boro $19,450 State College Boro $75,000 TOTAL $764,116

Benner Twp $18,070 Ferguson Twp $30,000 Halfmoon Twp $20,000 Rush Twp $48,800 Taylor Twp $140,000 Walker Twp $20,000 TOTAL $182,387

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015$0

$50,000

$100,000

$150,000

$200,000

$250,000

$300,000

$350,000

Liquid Fuel Grant Allocations (Past 12 Years)

20042005

20062007

20082009

20102011

20122013

20142015

20162017

20182019

20202021

20222023

20242025$0

$50,000 $100,000 $150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000

Projected Liquid Fuels Funding (2016-2025)

Pennsylvania’s Transportation Funding Needs

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2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025$0 $100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 $600,000 $700,000 $800,000 $900,000

Filling the Funding Gap

Projected LF Projected LF+$5 increase

Timeline

• Advertise Ordinance• Pass Ordinance•No less than 90 days from passage of ordinance, PennDOT

includes $5 adjustment in registration expiration notices• June 1st, 2015*• Disbursement to municipalities

• December 1st, 2015*• Disbursement to municipalities

• 6/1 and 12/1 going forward**tentative

Going forward

• Feedback from municipalities• Letter/Email to Municipal Managers and

Secretary/Treasurers• Feedback from Municipal Planning Organization• Presentation and discussion at 1/27/15 meeting with

possible follow-up discussion at 2/24/15 meeting• Feedback from Planning and Community Development

staff• Recently identified candidates for Act 13 Bridge Funding