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Revised Budget Language Fixes Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Grant Provision
The Conference Committee's released budget (here) has replaced the original Senate budget provision with an annual progress reporting requirement. The original provision would have decimated the NCDOT's Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Grant program by requiring a pay-back of grant funds if projects weren't implemented in a timeframe over which they had limited control. See here for a previous discussion of the potential impact of the provision, especially on small, rural towns. We identified the concern - that funding plans that … Read more...