Great news! Transportation funding bill could fail for 97th straight year
It’s a real possibility, folks
On Wednesday, House Speaker David Ralston dropped in on a crowded House Transportation Committee to chat with his colleagues.
His request: Please pass Gov. Sonny Perdue’s legislation that could provide much-needed funding for new roads, bridges and long-overdue transit projects. At the beginning of the legislative session, the speaker said managing the state’s transportation woes was a priority.
“This is a good bill,” Ralston said to his colleagues. “This is a bill Georgia needs. And frankly, this bill is long overdue.”
Ralston might not want to read this week’s Atlanta Business Chronicle. The paper’s Dave Williams and Maria Saporta have a detailed rundown of why Perdue’s bill — and our hopes of getting out of traffic or riding better transit — could die because of political and geographic bickering.