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TIAC tracks the latest state & local transportation funding news. To contribute to this effort, contact Carolyn Kramer Simons.
March 16 Legislative Update: Bills Making Progress in the States
Nebraska is on its way to passing a transportation funding bill, Alabama and Mississippi are considering gasoline tax increases, and Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Connecticut are reviewing legislation to protect transportation revenue. In Utah, the legislature approved diverting transportation revenue to education and water projects, [...]
March 9: South Carolina Senate Approves $400 M Annually in Road Funding
The South Carolina Senate approved legislation to dedicate $400 million per year from the General Fund to the state Department of Transportation. After weeks of debate on road funding, including an extended filibuster, the measure passed 30-15 on March 9 with lawmakers largely voting along [...]
March 4: State News Roundup
State Legislative Activity The South Carolina Senate introduced a deal to increase transportation funding by $400 million, transferred annually from the state’s General Fund. The Senate will debate the bill on March 8. Read More. After passing competing bills, Indiana lawmakers entered conference committee in [...]
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 [...]
Feb. 19: State News Roundup
An additional $5 billion is needed over the next decade in order to address congestion problems on South Carolina’s interstates, Department of Transportation Officials said Feb. 10. Read More. Meanwhile, South Carolina Sen. Tom Davis (R-Beaufort) during a legislative debate on road funding on Feb. [...]
Feb. 17: States Considering Transportation Funding Legislation
Forty-four bills to increase transportation funding have been considered in 23 states so far in the 2016 legislative session, according to an updated report from the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center. Of those considering methods to increase transportation funding, eight states—Alaska, Hawaii, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New [...]
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