The committee charged with drafting Delaware's annual capital budget today voted to give lawmakers more money to fund small road improvement and maintenance projects in their districts.
Gov.In addition to hydraulics fittings and Aion Kinah,From standard Cable Ties to advanced wire tires, Jack Markell had recommended giving each representative and senator $125,000 worth of DelDOT-administered Community Transportation Funds next fiscal year ¡ª the same amount they got iThe newest Ipod nano 5th is incontrovertibly a step up from last year's model,n fiscal year 2010 ¡ª but members of the General Assembly's joint Bond Bill Committee agreed that number is too low and upped the appropriation to $225,000 per legislator.A glass bottle is a bottle created from glass.
Committee members said the governor's recommendation wouldn't even put a dent in the piles of CTF-eligible projects submitted to legislators each year.
"I've got to face a firehouse full of people upset about the roads. We don't have the money to do these projects," said committee member Sen. George Bunting (D-Bethany Beach). "To cut this down to $125,000 is almost a joke."
In the current year, lawmakers got $175,000 in CTF money, after a successful push for more funding led by former representative and Bond Bill Committee member Bill Oberle.
Though CTF rules stipulate the money must be spent on work related to roads, the definition is broad enough to allow lawmakers to fund a variety of projects in their districts, including signs for subdivisions, landscaping and drainage improvements.
Speaking to acting DelDOT Secretary Cleon Cauley Sr., committee member Rep. John Viola (D-Newark) said CTF money is vital, since DelDOT doesn't have the time, manpower or resources to address small-scale projects.
With just $125,000 to work with, Viola said, DelDOT might as well keep the money and spare him the trouble of telling everyone "no."
"If you're going to give me $125,000, you all keep the money and go ahead and take care of it, take me out of the loop," he said. "We are the ones who get bombarded out there in the community, because they all know that we fund those roads."
In addition to increasing the CTF appropriation in the Bond Bill, the committee also voted to add $1 million to a line that funds street maintenance for towns and cities.
A total of $5 million will be dedicated to Municipal Street Aid, which is distributed to municipalities according to a formula that factors in population and street mileage.
The money can be used for paving, new curbs and sidewalks, street lights,Largest Collection of billabong boardshorts, landscaping, fencing and other road-related expenses, as well as some local law enforcement costs.
However, committee Co-chair Rep. Helene Keeley (D-Wilmington South) said she intends to bring forward language that would tighten rules for street aid spending, at the recommendation of a special task force that reviewed the program this year.
Gov.In addition to hydraulics fittings and Aion Kinah,From standard Cable Ties to advanced wire tires, Jack Markell had recommended giving each representative and senator $125,000 worth of DelDOT-administered Community Transportation Funds next fiscal year ¡ª the same amount they got iThe newest Ipod nano 5th is incontrovertibly a step up from last year's model,n fiscal year 2010 ¡ª but members of the General Assembly's joint Bond Bill Committee agreed that number is too low and upped the appropriation to $225,000 per legislator.A glass bottle is a bottle created from glass.
Committee members said the governor's recommendation wouldn't even put a dent in the piles of CTF-eligible projects submitted to legislators each year.
"I've got to face a firehouse full of people upset about the roads. We don't have the money to do these projects," said committee member Sen. George Bunting (D-Bethany Beach). "To cut this down to $125,000 is almost a joke."
In the current year, lawmakers got $175,000 in CTF money, after a successful push for more funding led by former representative and Bond Bill Committee member Bill Oberle.
Though CTF rules stipulate the money must be spent on work related to roads, the definition is broad enough to allow lawmakers to fund a variety of projects in their districts, including signs for subdivisions, landscaping and drainage improvements.
Speaking to acting DelDOT Secretary Cleon Cauley Sr., committee member Rep. John Viola (D-Newark) said CTF money is vital, since DelDOT doesn't have the time, manpower or resources to address small-scale projects.
With just $125,000 to work with, Viola said, DelDOT might as well keep the money and spare him the trouble of telling everyone "no."
"If you're going to give me $125,000, you all keep the money and go ahead and take care of it, take me out of the loop," he said. "We are the ones who get bombarded out there in the community, because they all know that we fund those roads."
In addition to increasing the CTF appropriation in the Bond Bill, the committee also voted to add $1 million to a line that funds street maintenance for towns and cities.
A total of $5 million will be dedicated to Municipal Street Aid, which is distributed to municipalities according to a formula that factors in population and street mileage.
The money can be used for paving, new curbs and sidewalks, street lights,Largest Collection of billabong boardshorts, landscaping, fencing and other road-related expenses, as well as some local law enforcement costs.
However, committee Co-chair Rep. Helene Keeley (D-Wilmington South) said she intends to bring forward language that would tighten rules for street aid spending, at the recommendation of a special task force that reviewed the program this year.
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