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Regional Planning Funding Cut and I‑73 Feasibility Study Draw Pushback from Urban‑Revitalization Group
Summary
Greater Ohio Policy Center urged the Senate to restore $5 million per year for regional transportation planning organizations and to remove a $2 million study requirement for Interstate Route 73, arguing the work duplicates ODOT's recently released STDA report.
Jason Warner, director of strategic engagement at the Greater Ohio Policy Center (GOPC), told the Senate Transportation Committee that the House version of the transportation budget removes funding for regional transportation planning organizations (RTPOs) and includes a requirement and $2 million for an Interstate 73 feasibility study that GOPC regards as duplicative.
"House Bill 54 removes $5,000,000 in each fiscal year, which otherwise would be used by Ohio’s six regional RTPOs," Warner said, and GOPC asked the Senate to restore that funding. He said the RTPO program has invested in 35 projects since…
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