Phelan addresses need for tax relief, transportation investment with five key numbers

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Speaker says there will be plenty of priorities for how Texas can spend additional $27 to $30 billion, but hard choices could be made

Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, R-Orange, presides as the House prepares to debate voting bill SB1 on Aug. 26, 2021, in Austin, Texas.House Speaker Dade Phelan“It is a heck of a lot easier to pass a budget with a deficit than a surplus,” Phelan joked during lunchtime remarks to the Transportation Advocacy Group-Houston Region on Wednesday.

With a surplus, Phelan, R-Orange, said, officials looking for funding linger. Meetings stretch into the late evening.Here are five numbers, in descending order, that Phelan cited that could provide some context on how infrastructure will be discussed this session.State transportation officials have a record amount to spend over the next decade, but also growing needs.

 

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