House Transportation Committee finalizes letter to Appropriations, urges long-term fixes to funding shortfall
Feb 21, 2026
The House Transportation Committee reviewed and approved a response letter to appropriations emphasizing long-term structural funding shortfalls, the use of federal indirect costs that reduce project matches, and potential revenue options including a mileage-based user fee and reallocation of purchase-and-use tax revenues.
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The House Transportation Committee on Feb. 20 finalized a response letter to the House Appropriations Committee that frames Vermont's transportation funding gap as a structural, multi-year problem and urges collaborative work on revenue options.
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