Governors Would Take Almost Any Highway Measure Congress Offers
Thirty-three short-term funding extensions during the past five years have left them unable to plan.
Cars move along during rush hour traffic on the US 101 Freeway in this aerial photograph taken over the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Friday, July 10, 2015.
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U.S. governors don’t really care whether it’s the Senate or House plan to pay for the nation’s roads and bridges that advances. They just want a long-term deal.
Frustrated by 33 short-term funding extensions during the past five years that left them unable to plan, attendees at the National Governors Association meeting this weekend in West Virginia said it’s past time for action.