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Lawmakers press DOTD on $350M road‑transfer backlog and plan to 'right‑size' state highways
Summary
Committee discussion focused on the road-transfer program backlog (~$350M), how roads are deemed eligible for transfer or abandonment and DOTD's effort to document eligibility and encourage local governments to accept transfers or credits.
Legislators used the July 10 House Transportation Committee hearing to press DOTD on a persistent backlog in the road-transfer program and on plans to pare back state responsibility for roads that are better handled locally.
Deputy Secretary Barry Keeling and Secretary Joe Donahue told the committee that nearly $350 million in road-transfer projects/credits are signed or queued and that DOTD is undertaking a formal process to document why specific roads qualify for transfer, reversing years in which records on eligibility were incomplete.
Why it matters: Rightsizing the state highway system can…
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