By Ariel Hart
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Politics
August 16, 2010
U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.), chairman of the committee that doles out federal transportation dollars, on Monday toured the Beltline, northeastern I-85, bike paths and other metro Atlanta transportation sites, as local leaders made the pitch for their projects. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), who hosted the tour, said his “dream” was for mass transit on eastern I-20. Johnson recently won a place on Oberstar’s committee. MARTA CEO Beverly Scott and officials from the Beltline and DeKalb County also took part in the tour.
Oberstar has proposed a $500 billion renewal of the national six-year transportation funding law, but it's been on hold in Washington for more than a year. It would likely require raising the gas tax, an unpopular idea, at least before the November elections. In the mean time the nation is funding transportation with a series of extensions of the last funding law, which is now expired. That has made it difficult to plan and spend for large projects, local transportation officials said.
Two other Georgians serve on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee: Tom Graves and Lynn Westmoreland.
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