Welcome to the City of San Diego's
Capital Improvements Program
Discover how the City of San Diego is shaping the future through strategic investments in infrastructure and thriving communities. The Capital Improvements Program (CIP) is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for all San Diegans, guided by our commitment to transparency, integrity, and equity. Explore the transformative projects driving progress across our city and see how we're building a more resilient and sustainable San Diego.
What is the CIP?
The CIP is the long-range plan for all individual capital improvement projects and funding sources. CIP Projects are unique construction projects that provide improvements or additions such as land buildings and infrastructure.
The Citizens Guide to Infrastructure was produced by the Office of the Independent Budget Analysts and provides a foundation of knowledge about the City's CIP.
Latest on CIP
Mayor Gloria Celebrates Reopening of Renovated Botanical Building in Balboa Park
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Why is the CIP important?
The CIP helps enhance the overall quality of life in the City by improving the physical structures, systems, and facilities that provide services to the community. CIP projects are generally large and expensive, and the assets they install, replace, or rehabilitate will likely serve the public for decades.
The CIP is a multiple year forecast of the City's capital needs. A capital need includes various project types such as airports, bikeways, bridges, storm drainage and flood control facilities, libraries, park and recreation centers, police, fire, and lifeguard facilities, street improvements and signals, sidewalk improvements, utilities undergrounding, water and sewer facilities, and pipelines.
CIP Statistics
1278
Active Capital Infrastructure Projects
(as of 1/1/25)
$949M
FY25 CIP Adopted Budget
(as of 7/1/2024)
$660M
Construction Contracts to be Awarded in FY25
(as of 7/1/2024)
137
Projects Forecasted to be Awarded in FY25
(as of 7/1/2024)
Is every project part of the CIP?
Every project is part of the CIP. The CIP descriptions clearly establish that a project is capital in nature. What makes it capital is the construction, purchase, or major renovation of buildings, utility systems and other facilities, in addition to land acquisition and roadway projects.
All capital projects are clearly represented by a City department and categorized by project type and improvement type.
• Project types provide a categorized breakdown of the type of facility being constructed or improved.
• Improvement types may be identified as improving, expanding, replacing or widening of an existing City asset, or the project that may result in a new asset to the City.
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