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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"><img width="624" height="147" style="width:6.5in;height:1.5312in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D745A1.8E7236E0"></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">May 10, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans"">Idaho achieves historic transportation investment without raising taxes or fees<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little signed
</span><a href="https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2021/legislation/H0362/"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">House Bill 362</span></a><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> into law today, his sustainable transportation funding solution that directs
$80 million in ongoing funding, allowing the state to bond for up to $1.6 billion for transportation infrastructure projects statewide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">It is the single largest state investment in transportation infrastructure in Idaho history.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">The solution was achieved without raising Idahoans’ taxes or fees by redirecting a larger share of the existing sales tax to the funds that support transportation projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">The solution also provides a new sustainable source of funding for local highway districts to maintain the roads closest to Idahoans’ homes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">To help advance bid-ready transportation projects across Idaho, Governor Little and the Idaho Legislature also directed $126 million in one-time funds this year from the state’s record budget surplus
as part of Governor Little’s “Building Idaho’s Future” plan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans"">“Idaho is the fastest growing state in the nation. To keep up with the demands of a fast-growing state, our sustainable transportation funding solution helps save Idahoans' time, keeps us safe
on our roads, and makes our state's economy even stronger,”</span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans""> Governor Little said.
<b>“One of the most basic responsibilities of government is to provide a transportation system that facilitates commerce and keeps citizens safe. I appreciate my partners in the Legislature and Idaho businesses for recognizing the need to invest strategically
and sustainably in transportation.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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