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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer Simons.
COVID-19 Pandemic: State Transportation Funding Updates
These states say declining motor fuel tax revenue collections due to reduced traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic are impacting transportation construction and repair projects: The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) estimates a $300 million reduction in revenue from declining gas tax and [...]
Jan. 31: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
Monroe County, Michigan on Jan.25 cancelled its snow removal contract with the state transportation department due to concerns that winter transportation maintenance expenses could jeopardize its funding for summer projects. Read More>> Additionally, Michigan’s Consensus Policy Project, composed of former state lawmakers, on Jan. 31 proposed raising the [...]
Jan. 24: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
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 gas tax might be too high, and [...]
Aug. 4: State Transportation Funding News Roundup
The latest quarterly National Highway Construction Cost Index (NHCCI) from the Federal Highway Administration includes a major revision, the first since its creation 10 years ago. The new measure reflects that highway construction costs have increased by 67 percent compared to 2003. During the same [...]
July 21: State Transportation Funding Weekly Roundup
with Tyler Kane, Transportation Investment Advocacy Center Due to a constrained budget, the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announced July 11 that many new highway “capacity” projects to add lanes or build roads would be delayed as they focus a majority of funding on road [...]
Feb. 29: State News Roundup
Current low fuel prices make it a “good time” to increase motor fuel taxes in order to fund transportation projects, according to a Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research report released Feb. 15. The study concluded that businesses and residents in Indiana [...]
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