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House Transportation Committee weighs $10M recapture to advance 16 paving and bridge projects
Summary
On Jan. 29 the House Transportation Committee heard that $10,000,000 recovered from a purchase-and-use recapture will let 16 ready-to-proceed projects—mostly paving plus several bridges and culverts—move forward in fiscal 2027. Jeremy Reed outlined selection criteria, federal match, and risks from inflation and project carry-forwards.
Jeremy Reed, chief engineer for the Agency of Transportation, told the House Transportation Committee on Jan. 29 that a $10,000,000 purchase-and-use recapture allowed the department to bring 16 projects into the FY2027 construction program.
"What you see here are 16 projects that, if not for the $10,000,000 purchase and use recapture would not be moving forward in FY27," Reed said, describing a list made up largely of paving work with a smaller share of bridge preservation and new bridge projects.
Reed said the department aggregates projects and frequently "overfills" the program as a hedge against delays. He described the accounting that produced a roughly $9.3 million net increase in paving work (the $10.7 million aggregated paving…
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