by Don Rodman: May 31, 2014
Transportation Advocates of Texas (TAoT)
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus met with members of the Transportation Advocates of Texas this week and pledged to do what he can to get more state funding for highways.
He voiced support for the Prop. 1 Highway Funding Amendment that will ask voters in November to dedicate part of the state’s oil and gas production tax revenues to the State Highway Fund (Fund 6). If approved it is projected to mean about $1.4 billion annually for roads.
Straus repeated an earlier policy initiative saying the House of Representatives will propose a budget in January that uses all of the money in the State Highway Fund for transportation. He said Texans have a right to expect transportation related tax revenues to be used to pay for transportation.