County establishes road fund reserve designation

The County of San Diego has established a reserve designation for the county’s road fund.

A 5-0 San Diego County Board of Supervisors vote May 12 authorized a reserve designation within the road fund for the planning, review, design and construction phases of road projects currently underway. The Fiscal Year 2008-09 road fund balance of $26 million creates the existing reserve’s funding.

“This is a way of making sure we have sufficient funds should the state suspend or take away our gas money,” said county Department of Public Works deputy director Donna Turbyfill. “Because of state budget iss...