Background
Transportation Taxes Proposition 400
The City of Mesa has a comprehensive, multi-modal
transportation plan that identifies transportation needs
through the year 2025. There is also a Regional
Transportation Plan (RTP) that is now in motion with the
passage of Proposition 400 by voters in 2004.
Proposition 400 extends the county’s half-cent
transportation sales tax for an additional 20 years,
allowing Mesa to begin implementing the local projects
incorporated in the RTP. Proposition 400 includes
funding for street and arterial roadway improvements,
improved transit service and bicycle and pedestrian
programs.
Mesa’s local projects in the RTP include $974 million
in freeway and highway improvements, including new
general purpose and high-occupancy lanes on U.S. 60,
Loops 101 and 202 and improved conditions at the Loop
101 and Loop 202 interchange. Southeast Mesa will also
benefit from the construction of the new Williams
Gateway Freeway. Planned street projects include
improving and widening miles of existing streets,
constructing miles of new arterial streets and widening
several congested intersections.
Transit Capital Improvements provided by Proposition
400 include funding for regional light rail facilities
such as the park and ride lot at Sycamore and Main
Street, the Maintenance Storage Facility and Town Lake
Bridge.
The average cost in 2006 for City of Mesa residents
for Proposition 400 is $8.06 per month. For $8.06 a
resident of Mesa can go to the movies, buy a small
pizza, a paperback book or all of the transportation
improvements provided by Proposition 400.
Transportation Sales Tax
In May 2006, Mesa voters approved a local sales tax
increase of 0.3% for street maintenance, operations and
capital projects. The top priority for these funds is
maintenance of existing streets.
The increase adds approximately $17 million dollars to
the street maintenance budget and costs Mesa residents
an additional $3.30 per month when distributed evenly.
The tax provides maintenance funding for overlay
projects, asphalt patching, streetlights, concrete
repair, landscaping, signing, slurry seal, debris
clean-up, traffic signals and traffic studies for the
price of one grande café mocha per month.
Resources & Key Contacts
Melissa Randazzo
Public Information and Communications Specialist
480.644.3219
melissa.randazzo@cityofmesa.org
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