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 When it comes to transportation funding in the next biennium, the House is focusing more on specific large highway projects and less on public transit. Meanwhile, the Senate would like to see the State Patrol get up in the air and those on the ground think about another way to get to Duluth besides passenger rail.
Those are some of the big differences between the omnibus transportation bills that passed the House and Senate. A conference committee met for the first time on Thursday to reconcile the differences between the chambers’ two different versions of HF2438.
Co-chaired by Rep. Jon Koznick (R-Lakeville) and Sen. D. Scott Dibble (DFL-Mpls), the committee listened to nonpartisan staff walk through a summary and spreadsheet that covered the similarities and differences between the bills before hearing testimony from state agencies. They plan to meet again Friday to hear public testimony.
[MORE: View side-by-side comparisons of provisions, text and spreadsheets]
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