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Booming economy brings jobs, a vibrant lifestyle, to Arizona
In just a few years, new business and higher education centers have emerged downtown along with many more housing and entertainment options and a soon-to-be-completed new grocery outlet in the center of the city. In cities across the state, the downtown area no longer goes dark after 5 p.m., but is a place where people live, work and socialize throughout the day.
Car registration fee boost proposed to end raid on road cash
Republican lawmakers are proposing an increase in vehicle license fees to end years of raids on dedicated local highway funding that paid for highway patrol operations.
Let’s use road funds on roads
The ink is barely dry on the budget when residents of our 91 cities and towns and 15 counties register their complaints with local officials about streets and roads showing signs of age, inadequate maintenance and disrepair.
Transportation is the foundation of a strong economy
For decades, Arizona was blessed with high quality, high capacity highways stretching from border to border. But growth and economic prosperity have filled the state’s key commercial corridors, and little capacity has been added.
Bill to help fund highway patrol doomed despite Senate’s support
Senate Democrats and three Republicans approved a contentious bill that would eliminate the need for an annual sweep of funds meant to help repair the state’s roads, but it was all for naught.
Still no help for Arizona’s declining roads, bridges
Arizona’s transportation system needs more than $65 billion. And help is not on the way.
State spurns responsibility to pay for urgent transportation needs, experts say
Experts warn that the future of transportation is changing fast, and Arizona must come up with a 21st century plan to fund the massive infrastructure needs the state is facing.
Brewer may be deciding factor on highway fund restoration
Tax revenues have risen as the state’s economy improved, leading to renewed hopes that 2014 will be the year Arizona stops sweeping highway funds that cities and counties depend on.
Rocky road ahead
From declining revenues to pay for transportation infrastructure, to a gas tax that is well below the national average and the rise in hybrid and electric vehicles, Arizona’s transportation infrastructure funding system is facing a crisis.
State fund sweeps force moratorium on road maintenance
During the Dec. 5, meeting of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors, we adopted a temporary moratorium on acceptance of new public roads and streets into the Mohave County Road Maintenance System, other than those completed in accordance with subdivision plat approval.
‘Capitol Times’ downplays financial and political impact of HURF fund sweeps
As chairman of the Committee on Transportation for the Arizona House of Representatives, I would like to point out areas of concern regarding the Arizona Capitol Times Nov. 25 article “Contractors say fund sweeps cost 42,000 highway jobs, want HURF reimbursed”. The truth is that in its reporting the publication seriously underrepresented the length and scope of the HURF raids and the negative [...]
