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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer Simons.
March 1 : State Transportation Funding News Roundup
A Wisconsin project to build a $10 billion Foxconn Technology Group plant in the southeast region of the state could reduce road funding for state projects by $90 million, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau said in a memo to Democratic lawmakers on Feb. 28. Assembly Democratic Minority Leader Gordon Hintz (Oshkosh) [...]
Feb. 14: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
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 (R) by noon on [...]
Jan. 4: State Transportation Funding Legislation Roundup
Jan. 5 Update: Mississippi House lawmakers voted 119-1 on Jan. 4 to send House Bill 354 to the Senate for further consideration. The bill would designate 50 percent of general fund revenue growth above 2 percent (capped at $100 million) to road repairs. The House also voted [...]
Dec. 21: State Transportation Funding News
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R- Rochester) hopes that the state legislature will pursue a long-term transportation funding solution in the 2018 legislative session. In September, lawmakers passed a budget that included a $400 million transportation bond as well as new electric and hybrid vehicle [...]
Sept. 8: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
A Mississippi bridge with a posted weight limit collapsed Aug. 28 when a truck that may have weighed more than the limit crossed it. Read More>> Pennsylvania House Republicans proposed a state revenue plan on Sept. 5 that would reallocate funding from a variety of [...]
July 6: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
Oregon is moving forward with a multibillion-dollar transportation spending package. The legislation includes a tax and fee increase, which will raise $5.3 billion for roads and bridges over the next 10 years. The package was approved by the state house 39-20 on July 5, and [...]
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