LA HABRA : Traffic Management Plan OKd by Council

The City Council this week adopted a transportation management plan that Orange County needs to collect its share of the new 9-cents-a-gallon state gasoline tax approved by voters last year.

If the county complies with the state requirements of Proposition 111, it will receive an estimated $1.7 billion over the next 10 years. Of that money, La Habra can expect to receive about $6.6 million to use toward traffic and air-quality improvements.

Each city in the county must approve a transportation management plan before the county can collect its share of the revenues.

The plan is a general commitment by the city to encourage residents to use alternative transportation, such as ride-sharing, car pools and public transit. However, no specific strategies to do this are outlined in the plan.

Proposition 111 revenues can fund programs such as Dial-a-Ride for senior citizens or pay for traffic signals that can minimize the number of cars traveling through an area at a given time, said Mayor John C. Holmberg.