Democrat calls for controls on transportation trust funds

Transportation taxes and fees should reflect the growing costs of construction, and those funds should be protected from unnecessary raiding, said one leading Democrat.

“We need to keep as much in the transportation trust fund, not let it go into the general fund, and build up the funds to pay for these road projects,” said Del. Tawanna Gaines, D-Prince George?s, who leads the transportation subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee.