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NDOT asks for higher highway cash appropriation, warns state match needed to use federal funds
Summary
Nebraska Department of Transportation Director Vicky Kramer urged the Appropriations Committee to approve higher highway cash fund appropriation levels to meet federal match requirements and to consider modest pay adjustments to retain CDL workers.
Vicky Kramer, director of the Nebraska Department of Transportation, asked the Appropriations Committee to approve the governor's recommended highway cash fund appropriation to allow NDOT to obligate federal highway funds and to fund personnel costs that help retain CDL-holding maintenance workers.
Kramer said the department requests a highway cash fund appropriation level of $543.9 million for FY2026 (and a similar level for FY2027 in the governor's recommendation). She said that level, and an…
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