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Senate Transportation debates T‑bill amendments, rail and bike‑ped funding and DVHA objections to contracting language
Summary
The Senate Transportation committee reviewed a T‑bill amendment package that reallocates capital dollars for bike/ped, transit and rail and debated contracting and reporting language that the Department of Vermont Health Access says risks federal conflict‑of‑interest concerns.
The Senate Transportation committee reviewed a package of amendments to the transportation bill that reallocates capital and program dollars, updates project lists and generated debate over contracting and reporting language related to Medicaid transportation services.
Committee staff walked members through a trimmed amendment draft (referred to as draft 1.2) that updates dollar amounts and project counts in several program sections. Highlights discussed included roughly $22,000,000 for bike and pedestrian projects this year (33 construction projects, 17 design/right‑of‑way items and 10 scoping studies), about $6.5 million across 51 Transportation Alternatives Program projects (bike/pedestrian and stormwater work), $52,700,000 for the public transit program and a rail program allocation just under…
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