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Senate proposes dashboard to replace 10‑G project cost reports; committee reviews reporting thresholds
Summary
The Senate draft would add a graphical quarterly dashboard tracking delayed and over‑budget projects and repeal existing 10‑G reports; conferees discussed thresholds for reporting cost increases and the one‑year overlap in repeal language.
Conference members reviewed a Senate proposal to replace statutory 10‑G reporting with a quarterly graphical dashboard in the annual transportation program that would highlight delayed projects and large cost increases.
Damian Leonard described Section 5 as adding “a proposed graphical dashboard to each year's transportation program with quarterly updates,” listing projects delayed more than one year and projects whose costs have increased by more than 50% or $5,000,000, whichever is less. Section 6 would repeal current 10‑G reports that list new projects and certain cost escalations, with a one‑year overlap before repeal to allow transition.
Leonard summarized the existing 10‑G reports as tracking projects with cost increases greater than $5,000,000 or 75%, and projects that dropped from last year’s construction funding. The Senate dashboard is intended to provide a more visual, quarterly view of schedule slippage and cost growth.
Why it matters: the change affects transparency and legislative oversight of project schedule and cost changes. Conferees noted the dashboard replaces statutory report formats and wanted to ensure thresholds and definitions align so important project changes are captured.
No final vote occurred; conferees identified the replacement and the transition timing for further drafting work.
