HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2483A Resolution ~ ~ 8.3
URGING THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE TO INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS FOR ROAD AND
BRIDGE MAINTENANCE AND EXPANSION
WHEREAS road and bridge maintenance and expansion is a core function of government; and
WHEREAS mobility is fundamental to Texas economic vitality and quality of life and
WHEREAS maintaining mobility requires a continuing investment of State resources to maintain
and expand the surface transportation infrastructure to meet identified needs and
WHEREAS an estimated 78 percent of the roads and bridges in Texas need repair or
modernization and Texas ranks 45th nationally per capita in highway spending and first m the nation
in substandard bridges and
WHEREAS current-level appropriations to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) are
adequate to only address one-third of the identified Texas transportation needs and
WHEREAS increased appropriations to TxDOT are necessary to continue State-funded road and
bridge maintenance and construction programs that simultaneously leverage the maximum amount
of federal funding for which Texas is eligible from the Transportation Equity Act for the 21St Century
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH TEXAS,
1 That the Fort Worth City Council requests and urges that the 76th Texas Legislature consider and
adopt an increase in annual appropriations to the Texas Department of Transportation by (a)
funding the Department of Public Safety from a source other than Fund 006 so that Fund 006
resources will be available to maintain and expand road and bridge infrastructure (b) moving the
point of collection of State motor fuel taxes from the retail to the wholesale level in the
distribution process (c) expanding 2060 truck permit fees and penalties to reduce the passenger
vehicle subsidy of oversize and overweight freight vehicles and (d) increasing revenue from
existing revenue programs including State motor fuel tax and vehicle registration fees and
2. That the Fort Worth City Council directs the City staff to send a copy of this resolution to the
offices of the Governor Lieutenant Governor Speaker of the House of Representatives the
Chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission and the chairs of the following legislative
committees Senate Finance House Committee on Transportation House Committee on
Appropriations and House Select Committee on Revenue and Public Education Funding
Adopted this 12th day of January 1999
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Mayor Kenneth Barr
CITY OF FORT WORTH