JFC members grilled Transportation Secretary Dave Ross on what many of them see as a budget that lacks the funding to meet the state’s needs.
But Ross defended the governor's budget as one that allocates money toward local roads, rather than mega and major projects, which Ross said DOT is “overcommitted” on.
Lawmakers were unconvinced, as they blasted Ross with questions about project delays, past and future, and over-estimating project costs.
“Normally secretaries say ‘We need more money, you gotta help us,’ but you don’t,” Sen Luther Olsen told Ross, adding the state’s on track to “be spiral...
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