Ready for Recovery
A Call for Short-Term Strategic Investments in Infrastructure in the Greater Sacramento Region
At the same time as Congress has proposed a $1.5 trillion Regional Transportation Connectivity infrastructure investment bill to stimulate recovery in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, cities and The greater Sacramento region is one of the fastest counties within the six-county Sacramento region have growing regions in California with numerous cities been collaborating to identify a broad range of projects and counties that are consistently in the state’s top that could be quickly implemented. As the attached 10 in terms of population growth. Investments in both table shows, a consortium of more than 50 public and highway and public transit connectivity are essential private sector organizations throughout the greater for the region’s economy and include projects like Sacramento region identified projects and programs upgrading the I-80/Highway 65 interchange in Placer totaling more than $11 billion across a diverse set of County, new ‘managed lanes’ on I-5 between Elk infrastructure categories. While not comprehensive, Grove and the Sacramento International Airport, and this list of projects represents examples of the types expanding and modernizing Regional Transit’s light rail and magnitude of investments the Sacramento region network. is prepared to make if Congress moves forward with an infrastructure-focused stimulus package. Water Reliability & Storage Our region is committed to an infrastructure investment strategy that would provide a critical economic boost Much of the Sacramento region’s water infrastructure for California’s capital region and would help both was built long ago and now needs critical repairs and preserve and create thousands of jobs. But just as upgrades. While our six-county region has historically importantly, our investment strategy would support enjoyed plentiful water resources, climate change is critical goals of the region’s recently released inclusive expected to further strain water systems as warming economic prosperity and recovery strategy that help temperatures and decreased snowpack causes develop a more equitable and resilient region that is more intense flood events and droughts. This makes better prepared to meet the challenges of climate new investment in more resilient water infrastructure change, future health emergencies, air pollution, and across the Sacramento region imperative and urgent. natural disasters. A good example is a water recycling project that will deliver up to 50,000 acre-ft per year of recycled The projects represent an illustrative list of ready- water to the southern portion of Sacramento County to-go investments. They are grouped in categories to irrigate about 16,000 acres of agricultural farming. representing key strategic goals to advance economic It will recover treated wastewater that is typically recovery, prosperity and resilience: discharged to the Sacramento River and put it to good use irrigating crops for local farmers. It will ease the reliance on groundwater currently used by most farmers, resulting in improved groundwater stores and a multitude of ecosystem benefits in the region. Sacramento etropolitan Planning rea
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