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SAN JOAQUIN HILLS TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR AGENCY -
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
 
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Name San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency
Location Orange County, California
Mode Toll Highway
Description First new public toll facility developed by TCA

15-mile, six-lane, limited access highway

108 total lane miles

Designed to relieve congestion on I-405, I-5, Pacific Coast Highway, and other major arterials in Orange County.

Initial design includes six travel lanes

Median reserved for future proposed exclusive high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes and possible transit options

Toll operations & marketing concessioned to private firm

Sponsor San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agencies (SJHTCA) -- formed in 1986 to plan, finance, construct and operate Orange County's 15-mile public toll road system.
Cost $1.4 billion ($790 million in design/construction)
Type of Finance $120 million standby federal line of credit (through direct 1992 appropriation)
$1.079 billion Senior-lien Revenue Bonds
$91 million Junior-lien Revenue Bonds
$38 million Project Revenue Certificates
$31 million Advance-funded Development Impact Fees
$40 million California Transportation Commission Grant
$71 million State and Local Transportation Partnership Program
$106 million Interest Earnings
Revenue Sources Tolls, Development Impact Fees, Interest Earnings
Project Delivery / Contract Method

Design-build contract
Guaranteed maximum price
Guaranteed completion date

Lead Underwriters First Boston (Initial Issuance 1993)
Smith Barney (Refunding 1997)
Project Legal Advisors Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas
Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott, LLP
Project Financial Advisor Public Resources Advisory Group
Lenders Tax_Exempt Bond Funds
Physical Status

Opened to commercial traffic in November 1996

Currently at 76% of projections

Financial Status

Debt refunded 9/97

Chase Manhattan Bank, TransCore Inc., VESystems and PRWT providing toll collection and revenue management services

Innovations

First start-up toll road financed with tax-exempt bonds on stand-alone basis including construction and environmental risk.

Largest design/build transportation construction contract.

Electronic toll collection non-barrier system.

$120 million federal line of credit.

Related Links / Articles

Moody's Credit Rating*

http://www.thetollroads.com
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovativefinance/appd_04.htm

Contacts Transportation Corridor Agencies
125 Pacifica, Suite 100
Irvine, CA - 92618-3304
TEL (949)754-3400
FAX (949)754-3467
Last Review/Update Transportation Corridor Agencies, December 2003

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