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Senate approves transportation package balancing roads, local grants and an electric‑vehicle surcharge; transit sees targeted reductions
Summary
House File 14 passed after negotiations that preserved many road and bridge investments and added new revenues from an EV value‑based surcharge, while identifying temporary pauses and certain ongoing reductions for transit funding that drew concern from metropolitan-area lawmakers.
The Minnesota Senate passed House File 14 (the transportation finance and policy bill), approving a package that funds trunk highway projects, local road programs and a suite of policy changes while adding a new revenue mechanism for electric vehicles.
Committee chair Senator Dibble said the conference committee met a required reduction target for the budget while preserving investments across roads, bridges, active transportation and airports. He highlighted new funding for federally prioritized projects, an expanded trunk‑highway construction program, targeted…
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