SAN DIEGO —
San Diego County is contemplating investments To reinforce road safety, tackle local climate change, scale again stormwater air pollution and shield pure lands and species, by way of a $618.7 million price range for its Land Use and Environment Division.
The department launched its spending plan to the board Friday, as An factor of a collection of hearings on the county’s proposed $7.15 billion price range for the 2022-23 fiscal yr.
Beneath the plan, the department would see a slight enhance of $3.3 million over final yr’s price range, and add 171 new staff members.
Out of The complete, $214 million would go to infrastructure, said Widespread Supervisor Sarah Aghassi. Greater than half of that spending, or $118 million, Can be Utilized So as to add indicators, alerts, bike lanes and guardrails for county roads, she informed the board. One other $22 million Can be devoted to county airports, she said.
Sustainability initiatives would acquire $113 million, collectively with $33 million to assist local climate movement, Aghassi said. Beneath the proposed land use and environment price range, the county would spend $3.7 million on its areaal decarbonization framework, which goals to velocity up the area’s transition from fossil gasolines to sustainable power.
And It’d dedicate $1.8 million to develop A mannequin new local climate movement plan. Environmental teams repeatedly challenged the county’s earlier local climate movement plan and final yr the board voted to create A mannequin new one Which …….