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Agency of Transportation seeks JTOC transfer, warns of FY26 funding gap and future shortfalls
Summary
AOT officials told the House Appropriations Committee they plan to use a $20.25 million JTOC transfer in the governor’s FY26 recommendation to close near‑term Transportation Fund shortfalls and identified $61.5 million in known FY26 pressures and an exploratory $30 million 2027 gap if current assumptions hold.
Candace Sompquist, chief financial officer for the Agency of Transportation, told the House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 25 the agency faces a multi‑part funding gap for FY2026 and has proposed using the JTOC transfer (approximately $20.25 million in the governor’s recommendation), reserved cash‑fund state match and additional reductions to balance the budget.
Sompquist said FY2025 closed relying on several one‑time items that created a roughly $46 million hole heading into FY2026: an expected Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) reimbursement for July 2023 flood administrative costs (initially shown as $8.5 million but negotiated down to about $6.3 million), $12.5 million in reversions used at FY24 closeout and a $25 million one‑time cash‑fund appropriation used last year.
For FY2026 the agency listed roughly $61.5 million in known pressures: the $46 million carryforward hole plus $15.5 million of routine increases — including a 6.4% salary step per collective bargaining, a 17% rise in health benefits, a roughly…
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