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Feb. 14: State Transportation Funding News Roundup

Feb. 14: State Transportation Funding News Roundup

by Carolyn Kramer | Feb 14, 2018 | Kansas, Kentucky, Latest News, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, States

New Mexico House lawmakers rejected a Senate amendment on Feb. 13 that would decrease revenue for road construction and maintenance from $60 million to $34 million, holding up the state’s $6.3 billion budget plan. The budget bill is due to Gov. Susana Martinez...
March 24: How Transportation Infrastructure Investment Boosts State Economies

March 24: How Transportation Infrastructure Investment Boosts State Economies

by Carolyn Kramer | Mar 24, 2017 | Kansas, Latest News, States

By Eileen Houlihan, senior writer/editor, ARTBA  A new ARTBA analysis shows how economic activity can be more than doubled by increasing state-level transportation infrastructure investment. In Kansas, an annual $264 million increase in highway and bridge investment...
Dec. 16: State Transportation Funding News Roundup

Dec. 16: State Transportation Funding News Roundup

by Carolyn Kramer | Dec 16, 2016 | Kansas, Latest News, Missouri, South Carolina, States

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) will delay an additional 10 road projects worth $17.45 million as a result of the state’s budget shortfall. In November the agency announced the delay of 24 other road projects (worth $32 million), and in April KDOT...
Dec. 9: State Transportation Funding News Roundup

Dec. 9: State Transportation Funding News Roundup

by Carolyn Kramer | Dec 9, 2016 | Colorado, Kansas, Latest News, Nebraska, States, Tennessee

As Tennessee lawmakers prepare for discussions on increasing the state gas tax, a Dec. 1 Vanderbilt University poll has found that 67 percent of respondents would support such a hike to fund improvements to roads and bridges and ensure economic growth and public...
Nov. 17: State Transportation Funding News Roundup

Nov. 17: State Transportation Funding News Roundup

by Carolyn Kramer | Nov 17, 2016 | Kansas, Latest News, States

Throughout the county, state transportation spending from states’ own funds increased 8.8 percent in fiscal year 2015 and 6.7 percent in fiscal year 2016, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers annual ‘State Expenditure Report’ released Nov....
July 27: Several States Facing Transportation Construction Delays and Cuts

July 27: Several States Facing Transportation Construction Delays and Cuts

by Carolyn Kramer | Jul 27, 2016 | California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Latest News, States

Facing $37 million in budget cuts, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) on July 22 released an updated plan that includes decreasing maintenance work, delaying personnel hiring, and raising transit fees. The reduction in funding, a result of a...
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