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Thirty-seven more Regional Transportation projects were approved Thursday, bringing the total projects approved in the past year to 91.

Of those, five are done and five more are under way.

The newest series of projects — like those approved earlier — include: bike lane re-striping, new sidewalks and ADA-accessible ramps or curb cuts, emergency signals and new traffic signal technology.

The 37 newly approved projects will cost $6.5 million.

So far the half-cent sales tax effective last July has brought in about $47.6 million, of which the Regional Transportation Authority has spent about $1.75 million. The rest of the money is committed to other projects in the coming years.

The sales tax is expected to bring in about $2 billion during the 20-year plan.

As of February, revenues reports show about about 54 percent of the revenue comes from retail sales, with the other 46 percent from the tax on utilities, contracting services, restaurants and bars, property rentals, hotels and motels.

The RTA board also decided the agency won't pay to move utilities that are in the right-of-way for road projects unless it's required by law.

That means each local government or utility that has lines in the way of projects will have to pay to relocate them. Most utility companies pay for relocation when necessary, but some utilities have agreements with certain jurisdictions and some utilities are grandfathered into newer towns, like Oro Valley, so they don't have to pay.

Adopting a requirement for utilities' paying to relocate their own lines leaves more RTA money for projects, said Gary Hayes, RTA executive director.

The board also agreed to try to estimate utility relocation early so local governments can budget for them.