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Senate Transportation staff outline $10.2 billion six‑year plan; $7 billion in bond authorization proposed
Summary
Committee staff briefed senators on a linked package of transportation bills that together propose about $10.2 billion in new revenues over six years, $1.9 billion in 2025–27 spending in the proposition shown, and $7 billion in potential bond authority for highway projects.
A Senate Transportation Committee staff briefing on March 25 laid out four linked bills that together would reshape transportation funding and borrowing for the next six years.
Haley Gamble, budget coordinator for the committee, told senators the package includes a new‑revenue spending bill (Senate Bill 5,160), the regular biennial transportation appropriations bill (Senate Bill 5,161), a bond authorization bill (Senate Bill 5,800), and a resources and policy bill (Senate Bill 5,801). "You're looking at about $10,200,000,000 over the 6 year time period," Gamble said, summarizing the revenue and spending matrices provided to the committee.
Gamble said traditional transportation revenues (fuel and related vehicle revenues) account for roughly $3 billion of the six‑year total, bond proceeds comprise a $7 billion authorization of which about $3.7 billion is shown spent in the current proposal, and a portion of an existing sales tax transfer (0.3% starting in FY27) would shift into a…
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