by Quintin McClellan | Apr 12, 2019 | Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, States
In a bipartisan effort, the Colorado legislature plans to allocate $300 million for transportation in this year’s budget, $106 million more than the initial line item. It’s unclear where this revenue will be drawn from in the state’s $30.5 billion budget. Read...
by Quintin McClellan | Jan 24, 2019 | Georgia, Idaho, Latest News, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, States, Texas
In North Dakota local governments, farmers, and highway construction companies pressed for a 7-cent increase to fund road projects. Senate Finance and Taxation Committee chairman, Sen. Dwight Cook (R- 34) said the raise on the state’s current 23-cent-per-gallon...
by Carolyn Kramer | Jun 1, 2018 | Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Latest News, Michigan, Oklahoma, States, Wisconsin
Dozens of Georgia transportation projects do not have sufficient funding to move forward, according to a May 31 report by The Road Improvement Program (TRIP). Read More>> The Oklahoma legislature’s diversion of transportation revenue to balance the general fund...
by Carolyn Kramer | Jan 26, 2018 | Bond, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Latest News, Maine, Oklahoma, State Legislation, States, Utah
Transportation Funding Proposals Connecticut Rep. Jason Rojas (D-East Hartford) announced his plan on Jan. 23 to propose a 4 cents-per-gallon increase in the state gas tax to close the state’s transportation funding shortfall. The legislature’s 2018 regular session...
by Carolyn Kramer | Jan 12, 2018 | Alabama, Arkansas, Bond, Colorado, Idaho, Latest News, States
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (R) included a call for increased transportation funding in his Jan. 11 State of the State address. Gov. Hickenlooper pointed to the recent passage of local transportation funding ballot measures in the state, and the successful state...
by Carolyn Kramer | Apr 13, 2017 | Alabama, Colorado, Idaho, Latest News, Montana, States, Tennessee, West Virginia
Approved Idaho Gov. Butch Otter (R) on April 11 permitted legislation to become law that will provide $300 million in Grant Anticipation Revenue (GARVEE) bonds and reroute 1 percent of the state’s sales tax proceeds to transportation projects. The bill was approved by...
