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Senate advances $1.185 billion chapter 90 transportation financing, rejects municipal reporting amendment
Summary
The Senate passed legislation (House Bill 4307) authorizing $1.185 billion in borrowing for roads, bridges, culverts and related transportation programs, after defeating an amendment that would have required municipalities to report unspent chapter 90 balances and their plans for those funds.
Senator Crichton urged support for House Bill 4307 on the Senate floor, calling it “an act financing the long term improvements to municipal roads and bridges,” and described the measure as an expanded chapter 90 program that authorizes $1,185,000,000 in borrowing to fund municipal road and bridge repairs. The bill directs money into multiple programs, including $500,000,000 for bridge and pavement life‑cycle asset management, $200,000,000 for culvert and small bridge repair and replacement, $200,000,000 for Chapter 98 purposes, $100,000,000 allocated under a road‑miles formula aimed at rural communities, and $185,000,000 for capital projects to ease traffic congestion. Why it matters: the measure increases the Commonwealth’s bonding capacity by directing fair‑share…
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