Published in Last Word
Voters in Maryland and Wisconsin adopted constitutional amendments to safeguard transportation investment by prohibiting transfers from their state transportation trust funds to other programs in the state general funds. ACEC Minuteman Fund grants boosted the successful campaign in Maryland.
In Texas, voters approved a ballot proposition to transfer up to half of the oil and gas production taxes from the state’s rainy day fund to the state highway fund. The amendment is projected to generate up to $1.2 billion per year to fund road construction and maintenance.
Other local sales tax and bonding initiatives for transportation were approved in California, Georgia and Washington.
In a setback, Massachusetts voters chose to repeal a 2013 law providing for motor fuels taxes to be automatically indexed to inflation.
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