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"Two bills signed by California Gov. Gray Davis (D) this month provide key steps toward some major road and rail projects. Davis signed a bill Sept. 18 transferring ownership of 10 miles of toll roads in the median of State Route 91 in Orange County from the private franchise holder, California Private Transportation Co., to the Orange County Transportation Authority. The bill also eliminates a controversial \"noncompete\" clause in CPTC's franchise agreement that has stymied hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of projects on S.R. 91 in both Orange and neighboring Riverside counties (ENR 5/6 p. 18). A 700-mile, $25-billion"
<https://www.enr.com/articles/35295-two-bills-in-california-move-road-rail-projects-ahead>