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House committee advances discussion of $1.1 billion transportation supplemental, prioritizes preservation and maintenance
Summary
Committee staff presented a proposed substitute to House Bill 2306 that increases the biennial transportation budget by about $1.1 billion to roughly $16.5 billion, emphasizing reappropriations, preservation, maintenance and targeted rail and transit projects; public testimony favored dredging, rail improvements and student transit pilots.
Committee staff and stakeholders on Feb. 23 outlined a proposed substitute to House Bill 2306, a transportation supplemental for the 2026 biennium, highlighting a cautious approach that prioritizes preservation and maintenance over new bonding and large new capital commitments.
Amy Skate, committee staff, told the House Transportation Committee that “the underlying budget provides a total of $15.5 billion for transportation” and that “the budget before you increases that by $1.1 billion to a total of $16.5 billion,” a change the substitute achieves largely through reappropriations of underspent capital project funds and a mix of limited new spending. Skate said the substitute “does not rely on new bond authority” and instead uses existing bond capacity and cash balances to avoid adding borrowing in an…
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