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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
