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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer Simons.
April 6: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) vowed on April 4 to veto any legislation that includes a state gas tax increase. Instead, the governor urged lawmakers to approve bonds for highway construction. The legislature approved $1 billion in bonds in 2013 and $2 billion in [...]
March 30: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
Several South Carolina state senators on March 29 prevented a transportation funding bill from being scheduled for debate. The legislation fell five votes shy (23-18) of the required two-thirds supermajority vote needed for priority status. The bill, which would increase motor fuel taxes and transportation-related [...]
March 30: State Transportation Funding Legislation Update
Enacted Legislation Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) on March 25 approved legislation that permits the department of transportation to authorize up to $1 billion in general obligation (GO) bonds over the next four years to accelerate transportation projects. Gov. Herbert signed into law another bill [...]
March 27: Thirty-two States Consider 104 Transportation Funding Bills in Q1 2017
Since the start of 2017, TIAC has tracked 104 transportation funding bills being considered in 32 states. This number closely matches the amount of legislation TIAC tracked over the same time period in 2015 and 2016, and is projected to grow as new bills are [...]
March 24: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
Minnesota House Republicans unveiled a new transportation funding proposal on March 21 that would impose a $75 surcharge on electric car owners and divert taxes on car parts and car rentals, which currently are deposited in the General Fund, for transportation investment. Several bills to [...]
March 24: How Transportation Infrastructure Investment Boosts State Economies
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 would support nearly $600 million of activity throughout all [...]
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