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NDOT budget hearing focuses on Highway 85 match, flexible transportation fund and grant pipeline
Summary
At a hearing of the Senate Appropriations - Government Operations Division, North Dakota Department of Transportation Director Ron Hanke outlined provisions of Senate Bill 2012 and the agency's top funding priorities, including a federal grant for Highway 85 that requires a state match and continued administration of the flexible transportation fund.
At a hearing of the Senate Appropriations - Government Operations Division, North Dakota Department of Transportation Director Ron Hanke outlined provisions of Senate Bill 2012 and the agency's top funding priorities, including a federal grant for Highway 85 that requires a state match and continued administration of the flexible transportation fund.
The discussion mattered because the Highway 85 project and the $222,500,000 flexible transportation fund influence which local and county roads can be improved and how the DOT leverages federal discretionary awards. "So, mister chair, we're here to talk about senate bill 2012, which is the Department of Transportation's appropriations bill," Director Ron Hanke said in opening remarks.
Hanke told the committee the DOT was awarded a…
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