Trying to Protect Roads Funding
One of the proposals that I fear would take us in the wrong direction is LB 1098. This bill calls for the repeal of the Build Nebraska Act.
The Build Nebraska Act, passed in the previous legislative session, was a major state commitment to fund and improve our state’s roads and infrastructure network.
Nebraska’s previous mechanism for financing existing road projects was woefully inadequate to meet current and future transportation needs. As a member of the Legislature’s Transportation and Telecommunications Committee, I was very aware of the troubling downward trend lines in Nebraska’s ability to finance maintenance and improvements. My colleagues and I devoted three years of study to identify the optimum way of investing the necessary resources to meet our state’s needs.
Panhandle Area Development District
Ports to Plains
Theodore Roosevelt Expressway
Western Nebraska Tourism Coalition
