Notwithstanding any other provision of law, toll bridge seismic retrofit and replacement projects described in Section 188.5 shall continue to be governed by the provisions of former Article 4.9 (commencing with Section 180), as added by Chapter 15 of the Statutes of 1994 and subsequently amended, as that article read on January 1, 2005, other than former Section 180.7 relative to repeal. This section shall become inoperative when all toll bridge seismic retrofit and replacement projects described in Section 188.5 are complete.