WYDOT District 4 staff presented the draft six‑year State Transportation Improvement Program, saying the district will seek about $400 million of construction work statewide and roughly $60 million in Weston County projects over 2026–2031, while reprioritizing National Highway System routes due to limited state revenue.

Staff told a Senate subcommittee the governor's proposed capital outlay totals about $2.7 billion with $890 million in general-fund cash; members discussed DMV headquarters language, higher-education projects, land acquisitions for conservation and several transportation amendments including aviation and inland port funding.

Assistant county administrator Jared Freilix summarized three prior transportation sales-tax programs (1998, 2006, 2018), explained that inflation and a failed 2024 referendum created a funding gap, and described a scaled-back plan for the US‑278 bridge and prioritization of other projects.

The Council on Jan. 28 approved Business Item 2026-1JT, a budget amendment that reallocates operating and capital funds across transportation, environmental services and regional administration, adds $3 million for MTS contracted services, transfers $30 million to light rail, and authorizes the purchase of 31 buses.

The Joint Fiscal Office summarized Vermont's 6% motor vehicle purchase-and-use tax, its history and current allocations (two-thirds transportation fund, one-third education fund) and described the governor's proposal to move $10 million per year from the education fund to the transportation fund until P&U revenue is fully routed to transportation by 2031.

Senate Bill 352 would create a limited-run, blackout Old Line specialty license plate sold via auction to raise recurring Transportation Trust Fund revenue; sponsors say the design taps demand shown in other states, while committee members asked about auction logistics, market impact on mission plates and small-business name conflicts.

VTrans presented two January reports to the Senate Transportation Committee: one on municipal funding pathways recommending more transparency and training for towns; the other on payback provisions (affected by IIJA), recommending standardized payback language, early scoping and clearer appeals procedures.

The Senate Transportation committee recommended favorably the first substitute to SB 151, which directs about $3 million from insurance premium tax revenue and a total of $5 million in available funds toward adding roughly 19–20 troopers to patrol expanded state highways; supporters said more troopers are needed while UDOT remained neutral.

The House voted to pass Senate Bill 2, authorizing up to $1.5 billion in revenue bonds for road and bridge projects and changing vehicle registration and weight‑distance fee schedules to support the debt. Members debated fee impacts on families, small trucking firms, and rural project timing; a floor substitute to retarget existing motor‑vehicle excise tax was tabled.

City staff and consultant DKS laid out options if Fresno County’s Measure C revenues lapse in 2027: a city half‑cent transportation tax, a three‑quarter‑cent general “quality of life” tax, or waiting on November’s county results and polling. Council favored monitoring and polling before acting.

Lawmakers advanced a set of bills targeting fuel prices and the 'cleaner burning gasoline' program, including HB 2,400 (temporary fuel-tax suspension with state transfers), HB 24-01 (biennial review of fuel formulations), HB 20-14 (modeling and feasibility study with $100,000 appropriations), HB 26-96 and HB 29-55; committees heard industry, cities, counties and environmental groups and adopted multiple amendments.

The committee adopted an amendment requiring Department of Revenue accounting of transaction-privilege-tax receipts from EV charging stations and directed the general-fund portion to the Highway User Revenue Fund (HEERF). DOR staff said the agency does not currently track those receipts separately.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee met Jan. 26 and advanced a package of bills covering EV-charger tax routing, driver licensing changes, lemon-law updates and motorcycle safety funding. The committee adopted an amendment directing EV charging-related TPT revenue to the Highway User Revenue Fund and held one culturally charged cruising bill for further negotiation.

Lawmakers approved AB 14 21 to direct research into a road-user charge after floor debate centered on whether the measure would amount to a new tax on drivers; the Assembly tabled amendments and then passed the bill, 43–18.

Fiscal staff told lawmakers the 3% transportation-connection excise tax is codified in separate NRS sections for TNCs, AVNCs and common carriers, that proceeds primarily flow to the general fund (first $5M per biennium to the state highway fund) and that recent year-to-date variances largely reflect timing and one-time items, including a $5.5M gaming penalty.

AOT told the committee rest-area paving is in the FY27 budget but federal restrictions limit commercial activity at rest areas; members discussed adjacent land or public–private partnerships for Level‑3 EV chargers. AOT also outlined town‑highway disaster reimbursements and Clean Water Fund‑backed Better Roads grants.

Supporters told the Senate Transportation Committee that SB 5839’s substitute would allow county ferry districts to carry vehicles — giving counties an additional financing option to replace aging vessels such as Whatcom County’s vessel — and improve transparency in ferry accounting.

National Conference of State Legislators presenters told the House Transportation Committee that states are experimenting with electric-vehicle registration fees, per-kilowatt charging fees, TNC surcharges, retail-delivery levies and voluntary mileage-based road-usage charges as motor-fuel tax revenue declines.

Council members raised concerns about a proposed House bill that would shift gas-tax incidence toward producers or refineries (a production tax), which could lower local gas-tax-derived road funding; officials plan to coordinate with legislators, the governor's office and the League of Cities and Towns, and to lobby against the change.

WFRC heard briefings from Sen. Wayne Harper and Rep. Ariel DeFe, endorsed staff-recommended positions in its bill tracker (mostly TBD) and urged members to attend weekly legislative briefings to monitor bills affecting housing, transportation and local programs.

House Fiscal Agency fiscal clerk William Hamilton told the appropriations subcommittee that the October 2025 seven‑bill package creates a new Neighborhood Road Fund and raises motor fuel taxes, producing a two‑fund model with estimated increased support for counties, cities and transit but with timing and revenue‑recognition caveats.

Lawmakers reviewed a sponsor's amendment to LD 18 o4 that would clarify the Transportation Committee’s jurisdiction over the Highway Fund, change revenue shares and reporting, and move some state police costs to the General Fund; after extensive staff briefings the sponsor moved to table the bill and the motion passed unanimously.

The board authorized a $2,512,842.87 engineering agreement with McClellan Consulting Engineers for MRO site development near Runway 13/31; 95% of the project cost will be funded by a TxDOT grant, with local matches split between Texarkana, Arkansas and Texarkana, Texas.

At the Jan. 15 Regional Growth Committee meeting, WFRC government-affairs lead Miranda Jones said the upcoming legislature will face a flat budget and prioritize affordability; she and staff said a House proposal to cut the gas tax is framed as revenue-neutral by offsetting exemptions, but warned of potential revenue volatility.

The Baltimore City Budget & Appropriations Committee voted to recommend Council Bill 25-0138, raising the passenger-for-hire excess tax from $0.25 to $0.38 per trip; the administration estimates roughly $2 million in additional annual revenue and the bill moves to second reader Jan. 26.