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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A proposed financial and governing overhaul for North Carolina’s Department of Transportation received unanimous state Senate approval this week.
The measure locates over $600 million in spending cuts during the next fiscal year to deal with a cash shortage. Legislative leaders also would get to choose six members on the Board of Transportation. Currently Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper picks all voting members.
The measure is a bipartisan response to a performance audit that found the department overspent by $740 million last year.
Cooper warned budget-writers this week against pairing DOT funding with a “power grab” on the board. The bill now goes to the House.
