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AOT presents $934 million FY27 budget; $10M purchase‑and‑use shift funds bridge and paving projects
Summary
The Agency of Transportation told the House Appropriations Committee its FY27 all‑funds budget totals $934 million, driven in part by a $10 million administration proposal to shift purchase‑and‑use tax revenue into transportation. AOT said most revenue remains federal and outlined projects, reserves and FEMA‑linked work.
The Agency of Transportation presented an FY27 all‑funds budget of $934,000,000 to the House Appropriations Committee and said the total is the largest in the agency's history. Candace Omquist, AOT chief financial officer, told the committee the increase — roughly $50 million over last year — is primarily due to the administration's purchase‑and‑use tax proposal, which shifts revenue to the transportation fund and enables $9.3 million of that sum to be matched with federal highway dollars.
"This is an all funds budget of $934,000,000," Omquist said, adding that the agency would use the additional monies for bridge, paving and maintenance projects. She said the full $10,000,000 infusion is included in the FY27 plan but only $9.3 million is matchable to federal funds; the remainder will fund maintenance and tree‑trimming work.
Omquist emphasized that federal money remains AOT's primary revenue source: "More than 50% of the budget is federal, and 85% of the federal is the Federal Highway Administration,"…
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