Senator Carona’s Letter to Colleagues Maps Doable Transportation Strategy
Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee Chairman writes, “What is the potential for passage of all of these? Better than any session before, but still mixed.”
Sen. John Carona (R-Dallas) has laid out his vision for the immediate future of transportation funding in Texas in a two-page letter sent to colleagues today.
In his letter, Carona supports the end of diversions out of Fund 6 through a Constitutional amendment. He also suggests scaling back the size of the Texas Department of Transportation, approving a modest index to the motor fuels tax and issuing all debt already authorized to TxDOT. That debt can be leveraged through a revolving credit facility, Carona wrote in his letter.
He also advocates for “a balanced transportation system” with local governments having the “resources to cope with regional transportation needs.”