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Senate Transportation questions paving priorities as interstate work outpaces state-highway resurfacing
Summary
Committee members pressed Agency of Transportation staff about FY27 paving numbers after staff showed roughly 92 interstate miles slated for treatment versus about 55 state-system miles; members said federal performance rules and project readiness are skewing resources toward interstates and asked for a readiness and miles breakdown for state routes.
The Senate Transportation committee on March 19 pressed Agency of Transportation staff for clearer data after a briefing showed an FY27 paving program that heavily skews work toward the interstate system.
Matt Pagotic, highway safety design program manager, told the committee the paving program in the FY27 budget lists an appropriation of about $148.2 million, "an increase compared to last year of about $45 million," and that the department planned roughly 152 miles of paving for calendar year 2026. Pagotic said the staff's program view shows about 92 miles of interstate work (roughly $70 million) and about 55.8 miles on the state system (roughly $45…
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