NEW DIRECTORS JOIN TOLL AGENCIES’ BOARDS
IRVINE, Calif. (February 2, 2007) – Eight cities have appointed new members to the San Joaquin Hills and Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agencies Boards of Directors, which oversee the county’s 51-mile public toll road system. Supervisor Pat Bates also joined the Boards, representing the 5th Supervisory District. Board meetings are held every second Thursday of the month. New directors are:
- Lisa Bartlett, Dana Point Mayor Pro Tem, appointed to the Foothill/Eastern Board;
- Pat Bates, Supervisor, County of Orange, 5th District, joined the San Joaquin Hills and Foothill/Eastern Boards.
- Eric Bever, Costa Mesa Mayor Pro Tem, appointed to the San Joaquin Hills Board.
- Carlos Bustamante, Santa Ana Mayor Pro Tem, appointed to the San Joaquin Hills and Foothill/Eastern Boards;
- Paul Glaab, Laguna Niguel Mayor Pro Tem, appointed to the San Joaquin Hills Board.
- Jan Horton, Yorba Linda City Councilmember, appointed to the Foothill/Easter Board.
- Sukhee Kang, Irvine City Councilmember, appointed to the San Joaquin Hills and Foothill/Eastern Boards;
- Lucille Kring, Anaheim City Councilmember, appointed to the Foothill/Eastern Board;
- John Paul Ledesma, Mission Viejo Mayor Pro Tem, appointed to the San Joaquin Hills Board.
About the Transportation Corridor Agencies
The Transportation Corridor Agencies are two joint powers authorities – the San Joaquin Hills and Foothill/Eastern TCAs – formed in 1986 to plan, finance, construct, and operate Orange County's 67-mile public toll road system. Fifty-one miles of the system are complete. The Agencies are governed by two Boards of Directors who make major decisions about toll road construction, operation, administration, and finance.
The San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency (SJHTCA) operates the 15-mile San Joaquin Hills (73) Toll Road, which stretches from Newport Beach to San Juan Capistrano in southwest Orange County. Officials from 12 cities and two county Supervisorial districts near the 73 Toll Road are appointed to serve on the agency's 14-member Board of Directors. SJHTCA Member Agencies are Aliso Viejo, Costa Mesa, Dana Point, Irvine, Laguna Hills,
Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ana, and the 3rd and 5th Districts of the County of Orange.
The Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency (F/ETCA) operates the Foothill (241) and Eastern (241, 261, and 133) Toll Roads, which link the Riverside (SR-91) Freeway near the Orange/Riverside County border to I-5 in Irvine and to communities in south Orange County. Officials from 12 cities and three county Supervisorial districts near the 241, 261, and 133 Toll Roads are appointed to serve on the agency's 15-member Board of Directors. F/ETCA Member Agencies are a joint powers authority consisting of the cities of Anaheim, Dana Point, Irvine, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Orange, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ana, Tustin, Yorba Linda, and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Districts of the County of Orange.
