Overshadowed by the stimulus discussion in last Thursday’s Commission meeting was the award of $600M in Prop 14 Safety Bonds.

The Austin District share was $41.5 million, or almost 7%, which equals the region’s per capita share of the funds. This is in addition to the proposed $175M in stimulus funding.

http://apps.dot.state.tx.us/apps/project_tracker/prop14projects.htm

http://www.txdot.gov/news/006-2009.htm