The Public Infrastructure Advisory Commission

California has established The Public Infrastructure Advisory Commission as an auxiliary unit of Business, Transportation and Housing Agency.[x] Effective May 21, 2009, The Public Infrastructure Advisory Commission allows public agencies to partner with the private sector in creating innovative solutions to California's vast infrastructure needs. The web site for The Public Infrastructure Advisory Commission lists opportunities as well as tools and resources for PPPs (alternatively labeled Performance-Based Infrastructure).

The Public Infrastructure Advisory Commission project pipeline includes projects that:

  Meet a high-priority transportation need

  Enjoy significant public and political support

  Have or soon will have achieved sufficient environmental readiness

  Show the promise of greater value- including speed of delivery-than conventional procurement

  Have the potential to generate revenue or enhance program capacity through better cash flow or other means

Projects are listed on the pipeline in order of readiness and include, at the time of writing, nine projects with a total cost of $26 billion dollars. Projects include:

  North Coast I-5 HOV/Managed Lanes - $810 million

  Otay Mesa East Port of Entry / Attendant SR-11 - $700 million

  Schuyler Heim Bridge and SR-47 Expressway - $700 million

  High Desert Corridor - $2.5 billion

  I-710 North - $4.5 to $9 billion

  I-710 Freight Corridor - $6.7 billion

  Bay Area Express Lane Network - $6 billion