{"id":5132,"date":"2016-07-05T11:57:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T15:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=5132"},"modified":"2016-07-05T11:57:28","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T15:57:28","slug":"governor-vetoes-bill-eliminating-local-cost-sharing-with-mdot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2016\/07\/05\/governor-vetoes-bill-eliminating-local-cost-sharing-with-mdot\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Vetoes Bill Eliminating Local Cost Sharing with MDOT"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday morning the Governor vetoed SB 557<\/a>. This bill would have eliminated the local cost sharing provision for cities over 25,000 on MDOT projects. The League and the bills sponsor, Senator Knollenberg, worked extremely hard to convince the Legislature that fixing this provision within Act 51 was vitally important to the impacted communities. Ultimately both chambers voted unanimously for its passage.<\/p>\n

The League is extremely disappointed with the Governor\u2019s decision to veto this legislation. At a time when our communities can\u2019t even afford to maintain their own roads, the Governor has continued the broken model of forcing communities to shoulder the burden of archaic state policy. In his veto letter, please click the link to review SB 557 Veto Letter<\/a>, the Governor mischaracterizes the negative impact of SB 557 and calls on the Legislature to enact a comprehensive rewrite of ACT 51 by the end of the year. While we support revising the formula, a full rewrite by the end of the year is very unlikely. We are continuing to work with the Senator to determine our next step to create a more fair and equitable road funding solution for all of our communities.<\/p>\n

While the League does not agree with the Governor’s decision to veto this legislation, we are very appreciative of the efforts made by Senator Knollenberg who advocated vigorously on behalf our communities and all 146 members of the Legislature who voted in favor of this bill.<\/p>\n

John LaMacchia is the Assistant Director of State Affairs for the League handling transportation, infrastructure, energy and environment issues. He can be reached at jlamacchia@mml.org or 517-908-0303.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Friday morning the Governor vetoed SB 557. This bill would have eliminated the local cost sharing provision for cities over 25,000 on MDOT projects. 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