October 2016 – Page 2 – InfoHive

Transportation Bonds. Bipartisan Support. Centennial State.

Colorado legislature is gaining bipartisan support for fudning state transportation via bonds. The info you need:

Colorado is falling behind on transportation funding every year
A Republican, chair of Senate Transportation Committee, has a $5.5 billion bond package that would require voter approval
The bond package has bipartisan support
The bond package does not dedicate funding for bond service
Some opposition is rooted in future budget writers will have less revenue to compensate for…

Calhoun Port Authority is adding a new ship pier for these reasons:

Matagorda Bay has been an active port for 400 yhears
Matagorda Bay needs to accomodate larger ships and this pier will accomodate ships up to 145 feet wide and 900 feet long
Economic Development. Economic Development. Economic Development

Funding for the project includes a federal cost share agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers.

California revised its state regulations for self driving cars by adding:

Require cars to comply with the federally proposed 15 point NHSTA assessment
Permits no human driver or steering wheel if the car is in 2 way communication
Car manufacturers are not pleased as the NHSTA requirement impacts current and scheduled self driving car testing

New Jersey Legislature passed a 23 cent gas tax increase to fund transportation.

What do I need to know about the 23 cent tax gas increase?

Offset by other tax cuts ($16 billion or $1.4 billion depending who you ask)
- elimination of the estate tax
- cuts the sales from 7 cents to 6.625 cents
- increased tax benefits for the working poor and veterans
Also created a 4 member transportation project approval board consisting of:
- Governor appointees
- Senate President appointee
- Speaker…

What is Louisiana’s Governor’s Task Force on Transportation Infrastructure Investment doing these days?

What ideas has the Task Force received from local leaders?