Annapolis - Change Maryland Chairman Larry Hogan backed transportation reform
which has emerged as a key issue this legislative session after several years of
being relegated to the back burner. Specifically, key members of the Maryland
House of Delegates are advocating guiding principles to ensure much-needed
investments are made in infrastructure and fundamental reforms made to
transportation policy.
"Previous attempts to improve our transportation
network in Maryland have been an abject failure. Our top elected officials are
saying roads and bridges are crumbling, but what they won't tell you is they are
the ones who caused the problem in the first place," said Hogan. "Another myth
that is being foisted upon us is that there is an urgent need to raise the
gasoline tax, and that is simply not true."
Hogan joins Del. Susan Krebs
and other House members in instilling common-sense policy solutions to making
transportation policy. These include protecting the transportation trust fund
with a constitutional amendment, realigning infrastructure investments to
reflect how Marylanders actually travel and restoring funds for
transportation.
"If we had followed these principles, we wouldn't be in
the mess we're in now," said Hogan. "Now is the time to take deliberate steps to
demonstrate to the public that state government can address transportation
challenges."
Change Maryland has previously called attention to haphazard
policy making on transportation. And most recently, the non-partisan,
grassroots organization called attention to the fact that the Maryland
Department of Transportation has been without a permanent secretary for seven
months.
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