ADOT Opening Additional 2021-2025 Plan
Source: Arizona Department of Transportation The Arizona Department of Transportation will open an additional comment period for the revised 2021-2025 Tentative Five-Year Transportation Facilities Construction Program on Friday, September 18th. The additional comment period will extend through Tuesday, October 27th. The State Transportation Board will receive the newly revised Tentative Program during its monthly meeting on September 18th. Earlier this year, ADOT conducted its traditional process for […]
Gilbert to Postpone $465M Transportation Bond
By Cecilia Chan for Gilbert Sun News Given the current economic situation and the uncertainty surrounding the future, Gilbert Town Council will hold off going to voters this November with a $465M transportation and infrastructure bond. Instead, an ad hoc Citizens Transportation Task Force recommended Gilbert put the bond on the November 2nd, 2021 ballot. Council would take a formal vote […]
Cities Brace for Pandemic Impacts
By Jen Fifield for The Arizona Republic Up until this month, many Arizona cities were riding high on good times. Populations were growing, jobs were booming, and cash was flowing in. Cities were preparing to put a bow on the optimistic budgets they had worked on since the fall for the next fiscal year starting in July. Then, […]
Ducey Promises Not to Raid Roadway Funds
By Rebekah L. Sanders for The Arizona Republic Gov. Doug Ducey has promised to stop taking $30M in transportation money annually from Arizona cities and counties to balance the state’s budget. The promise is a win for local governments still smarting from revenue declines during the Great Recession. It came months ahead of the start […]
Budget Offers Counties Some Relief
By Rebekah L. Sanders for The Arizona Republic Arizona counties will continue struggling to fix roads, staff sheriff patrols and make payroll next year because the state has pinched their revenue since the Great Recession. But the Arizona Legislature’s budget for next year offers some relief. Counties will fork over about $32M to help balance the state budget that […]
Counties Suffer After Years of Funding Sweeps
By Rebekah L. Sanders for The Arizona Republic County officials across the state are waiting anxiously for the Arizona Legislature to deliver its 2018 budget to Gov. Doug Ducey, warning they could be on the brink of financial disaster if the state doesn’t throw them a bone. Counties have shouldered more than $500M in funding […]
AZ House Budget Rejects Ducey Ed. Proposals
By Alia Beard Rau for The Arizona Republic An initial budget proposal from Republicans in the Arizona House focuses available new funds on teacher raises and school capital costs, rejecting Gov. Doug Ducey‘s proposal to parse it out over more than a dozen education-funding programs. House Republicans propose $219M in new ongoing and one-time funding for […]
Budget Holds AEC Challenges, Opportunities
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange The FY 2018 Executive Budget proposed by Governor Doug Ducey earlier this month maintains some ongoing challenges and offers up some interesting potential nuggets and for AEC efforts over the next few years. One sector that is, once again, not feeling much fiduciary love is the state’s highway […]