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Regional planners ask Senate to restore $5 million annually for rural RTPO construction funds
Summary
Bradley Bodenmiller, director of the Logan‑Union‑Champaign Regional Planning Commission, asked the Senate Transportation Committee to reinsert $5 million per fiscal year in House Bill 54 to continue small construction grants to Ohio’s Regional Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPOs), saying the funds have supported dozens of local projects.
Bradley Bodenmiller, director of the Logan‑Union‑Champaign (LUC) Regional Planning Commission, asked the Ohio Senate Transportation Committee to reinsert $5,000,000 per fiscal year into the biennial transportation budget (House Bill 54) to continue construction funding for Regional Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPOs).
Bodenmiller told the committee the line item — federal SDBG money included in prior transportation budgets — helps rural communities move from planning to small‑scale construction projects such as bridge replacements, resurfacing, guardrail updates, bike‑path improvements and intersection visibility work. "I visit today to encourage the…
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