Infrastructure
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Chapter 4 Summary

Improve Efficiency of State Infrastructure Programs
INF01 Use of Few Models for Project Delivery Results in Missed Opportunities for Lowering Cost and Speeding Delivery
INF02 Adopt Performance and Warranty Specifications to Improve the Quality of Highway Construction
INF03 The State is not Taking Advantage of all Opportunities to Reduce the Cost of Construction Contracts
INF04 Performance Measures Are Needed in Traffic Operations
INF05 Need for High-Occupancy/Toll Facilities to Reduce Traffic Congestion and Generate Revenue to Cover Project Costs
INF06 High-Performance Building Design
INF07 The State Needs to Restructure the Administration over the State Water Project
INF08 CALFED Bay-Delta Program is Not Functioning Efficiently
INF09 California Needs Strong Water Policy

Save Taxpayer Infrastructure Dollars
INF10 Reduce the State’s Leasing Costs
INF11 Tapping Surplus Property Assets
INF12 Improve Efficiency of Extra Enforcement Program in Highway Work Zones with Fewer Resources
INF13 The State Owns Several Routes that it Should Relinquish to Local Agencies
INF14 Reduce Telecommunications Costs by Modifying Cost Monitoring and Auditing Processes
INF15 Revenues for Transportation Projects are Increasingly Inadequate to Fund Needed Improvements
INF16 Federal Funding for California Highways Falls Short

Management of State Infrastructure Programs
INF17 Integrate the State’s Infrastructure Research and Development Programs
INF18 Consolidate and Coordinate State Infrastructure Planning and Programming
INF19 Better Management Needed For California’s Real Estate Assets
INF20 Deteriorating Highway Quality is Costly for Taxpayers
INF21 Supply of Affordable Multi-Family Housing is Inadequate
INF22 Infrastructure Siting for Energy Facilities is Fractured and Inefficient
INF23 Energy Conservation, Efficiency have not Achieved Full Potential
INF24 Transportation Hampered by Unhealthy Fuel Market
INF25 Consolidate the Ratepayer Advocacy and Public Participation Programs at the Public Utilities Commission
INF26 Building Standards Adoption Reform
INF27 Shift Responsibility for Railroad Safety at Roadway Crossings to Caltrans
INF28 Water, Parks and Wildlife Bond Implementation is Inefficient
INF29 Flood Disaster Avoidance
INF30 Release State Departments from the Real Estate Services Monopoly
INF31 One-Stop Shop for School Facility Approval
INF32 Management of the Department of Transportation’s Projects Needs to Improve
INF33 Improve School Facility Standards
INF34 Create a Mechanism for Flexible, Reliable School Facility Finance
INF35 Early Integration of Infrastructure and Resource Planning Necessary
INF36 Infrastructure is Necessary for Economic Development
INF37 Streamline the Environmental Review Process to Discourage Sprawl and Revitalize Older Developed Urban Areas
INF38 Lengthy Hospital Construction Approvals are Impacting Patient Care