Trend: Transportation Funding Panels

Recommending a funding solution for transportation works best when the people recommending the solution aren’t elected officials.

Look at Georgia, they had a special committee recommend suggestions and now a new transportation solution is sittin gon the Governor’s Desk. Washington Times

Connecticut follows suit with Governor Malloy appointing a 10 member Council to create a “coordinated, cohesive strategy” for transportation needs. Governor Malloy supports a funding mix including:

•  tax surcharges
•  fees
• public-private partnerships
•  traditional bonding
• new, complex financing arrangements that would attract investments from pension managers or sovereign wealth funds.
• He’ll consider the controversial option of new highway tolls (as a partial solution)

Hartford Courant