Senate Transportation reviews FY25–FY26 budget; members flag $4.5M estimated reversions and central garage spending

Senate Transportation committee members and agency and fiscal staff spent the meeting reviewing FY25 and FY26 transportation appropriations, highlighting an estimated $4.5 million in reversions the Agency of Transportation (AOT) expects to make in FY26 and asking for clearer reporting when the agency shifts money between appropriations.

The session reviewed two budget spreadsheets: a line-by-line FY25 vs. FY26 appropriations comparison and a FY26 “by fund” breakout showing how project, maintenance and internal service accounts are funded. Committee staff said the B309 program development and facilities appropriation is about $411,000,000 in FY26 (roughly $308,000,000 federal, about $62,000,000 from the state transportation fund, plus smaller amounts from TIFs), maintenance (B905) is roughly $117,000,000 with about $110,000,000 from the T fund, and AOT-wide programs total about $883,000,000 with $331,700,000 from the T fund and roughly $452,000,000 federal.

Committee members and staff also discussed the central garage internal service fund. A detailed breakdown in the packet shows the central garage appropriation as approximately $25,654,000 for FY26 (about $6,000,000 personnel, $19,600,000 operating, of…