As the General Assembly returns to work today, lawmakers are hearing pleas for funding.
That includes a proposed $1 billion transportation bond package.
Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand, D-Cumberland, suggested in a recent interview with CJ that a bond package might be tough this year.
One potential casualty of a slow economy is a potential bond package.
Lawmakers left Raleigh last year without addressing a proposed
statewide bond referendum for roads, schools, or other priority items.
?We?ve talked about that, and we?ve looked at it, and we?ll look at
that and see, but I don?t know,? Rand said. ?Borrowing money right now
is kind of a suspect operation, and I?m not sure we want to get into
borrowing right now with our economy like it is.?
If lawmakers decide to move forward with a transportation bond, Daren Bakst’s recommendations about transportation priorities might prove helpful.
