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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer Simons.
April 14: State Transportation Funding Roundup
Nebraska lawmakers April 12 approved a bill that will create a state transportation infrastructure bank. Initial funding includes $50 million from the state’s rainy day fund and the 2 cents-per-gallon gas tax increase, which was signed into law in 2015. The bill also authorizes design-build [...]
April 14: Minnesota Leaders Push for Long-Term Transportation Funding Increase
Minnesota leaders this week highlighted the state’s critical need for increased transportation funding: County officials told the state legislature on April 11 that they have done all they can to raise local transportation funds, and that new revenue is needed from St. Paul. Read More. [...]
State & Local Transportation Investment Workshop Gets Thumbs Up from Advocates
“There is so much at stake with these funding issues. Politics is the process of making good policy, but the process is relational. This workshop provides an opportunity to build relationships and get better access to data and information.” (Seth Millican, director of the Georgia Transportation [...]
April 12: South Carolina House GOP Leaders Balk at Senate Transportation Funding Bill
After months of legislative debate on road funding plans, South Carolina House Republican leaders on April 12 amended the Senate’s transportation funding plan in order to change the bill’s governance reforms and remove revenue allocation. The Senate plan, approved March 9, would have transferred $400 [...]
UTCA of New Jersey’s Attanasio to Participate in Free May 3 Webinar “The Governor’s Role in Transportation Funding”
Advocates will explore the impact of their governor’s involvement in the state transportation funding debate during a free May 3 webinar hosted by ARTBA’s Transportation Investment Advocacy Center™ (TIAC). Anthony Attanasio, executive director of Utility and Transportation Contractors Association of New Jersey, has been added [...]
April 8: Transportation Funding Weekly Roundup
Four states express transportation funding concerns, while one organization proposes a solution to their state's transportation funding shortfall. Facing concerns that the state legislature will not reach a long-term transportation funding agreement this session, the Missouri Department of Transportation director was quoted in news outlets [...]
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