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Transportation bill advances; committee delays mileage‑based fee start and adopts rail‑trail rules
Summary
A legislative committee voted to report H.488 favorably after a lengthy review of a transportation omnibus bill covering mileage‑based fee design, rail‑trail rules, town highway funding and other changes.
A legislative committee voted to report H.488 favorably after a lengthy review of the transportation program, a bill that combines project adoption language, program reporting requirements, rail‑trail rules, town highway funding formula adjustments and language allowing the Agency of Transportation (AOT) to design a mileage‑based user fee.
Damien (AOT staff) gave the committee an overview of the bill’s key provisions and the administration’s timeline for a mileage‑based user fee. He told members the agency is "pushing out the date to 01/01/2027 subject to sufficient funding for implementation" and that AOT will not commence collecting any mileage‑based fee until the General Assembly enacts legislation that establishes the amount and any authorizing language.
The bill contains multiple program‑level items: adoption of…
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