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Committee reviews Act 43 reports on municipal grant efficiencies and payback rules
Summary
The committee heard two Act 43(2025) reports examining municipal grant administration and payback provisions. The agency recommended clearer statutory language, better transparency and training for towns, and mandatory scoping and milestones before awarding construction grants that include state or federal funds.
The House Transportation Committee on Jan. 29 received two reports required by Act 43 (2025) that examined municipal grant administration and the payback rules when locally managed projects are canceled.
Jeremy Reed, speaking for the Agency of Transportation, said the two-part review looked at (1) potential efficiencies across multiple town-aid and municipal grant programs and (2) the appropriate payback provisions when a town declines or cancels a project that has state or federal funds committed.
The agency’s high-level…
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