By Dave Williams
Staff Writer
and
Maria Saporta
Contributing Writer
Atlanta Business Chronicle
March 19, 2010
Metro Atlanta’s hopes for a way to fund gridlock-easing transportation improvements may be about to die in the General Assembly for a third straight year.
With the 2010 legislative session approaching a make-or-break deadline, a transportation funding bill proposed by Gov. Sonny Perdue could fall victim to the same political tensions that blew up the last two years of work.
“This year, because the governor actually introduced legislation himself ... we were very optimistic that we would finally get a comprehensive transportation package approved,” said Bill Linginfelter, chairman of the Metro Atlanta Chamber and area president for Regions Bank.
“[But] if we bogged down for the third straight year, what it proves is that it’s not only a complex issue that we have to deal with, it’s also a highly political one.”
Perdue’s bill tries to find middle ground between meeting Georgia’s transportation needs statewide, an approach the House of Representatives favored last year, and a regional strategy that acknowledges the issue is more critical in metro Atlanta than rural Georgia.
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