D.C., Indiana, Colorado, Minnesota Biggest Gainers in Senate Highway Bill
The District of Columbia and three states--Indiana, Colorado and Minnesota--would see the largest annual gains in federal highway funding under the five-year, $251-billion transportation bill that the Senate approved on May 17. Indiana would get an average of $968 million a year over the 2005-2009 span of the bill, up 46.7% from the yearly level under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. Colorado would receive $491 million a year, up 46.6%, and Minnesota's average would be $601 million annually, a gain of 46.2%. For a state-by-state breakdown of the allocations, click here.
Others scoring hikes of more than 40% are Vermont (42.3%) and Arizona (40.6%), according to calculations done by the Federal Highway Administration and made available by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.