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Structures program proposes $166.5M for FY27 as inflation, flood recovery push costs higher
Summary
The Senate Transportation committee heard a presentation from Jim Loy, structures program manager, on a $166.5 million FY27 Structures Program budget covering 160 projects — including 35 flood-related replacements — while officials warned that recent inflation and added scope have pushed many project estimates higher.
The Senate Transportation committee heard from Jim Loy, structures program manager, on the department's FY27 Structures Program, which proposes $166.5 million to fund 160 projects, 92 of them in construction and 35 identified as permanent emergency replacements stemming from 2023–24 flooding.
"The total budget is 166 and a half million," Jim Loy said, describing the package as a modest increase of $5.3 million over FY26 and noting the mix of projects spans interstate, state highway and town highway bridges.
Why it matters: committee members pressed agency staff on why several projects exceeded earlier cost estimates and asked how inflation and added scope have affected the program's ability to keep bridge-condition measures within agency targets. Loy said some…
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