By Hank Stephenson | Arizona Capitol Times
Arizona’s transportation system needs more than $65 billion. And help is not on the way.
More than a decade of financial troubles, during which state lawmakers removed more than $2.2 billion from the Highway User Revenue Fund, or HURF, is catching up with Arizona’s transportation crumbling infrastructure system, transportation experts agreed at the Arizona Capitol Times Morning Scoop event at Alexi’s Grill on Tuesday.
And the key to turning that trend around is getting support of someone at the top, said David Martin, president of the Arizona chapter of Associated General Contractors.