Texas is adding more than 1,000 new residents every day, and they all bring cars, pickups and SUVs. The state’s population is projected to jump another 50 percent by 2035, a staggering 14 million more Texans, equal to the current combined populations of the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston metro areas. Our states infrastructure needs will continue to grow. Proposition 1 funding is an essential part of in TxDOT’s complex highway planning, project development and construction duties. By approving SB 962, Texas will extend the sunset date for Proposition 1 and give TxDOT more predictability helping them plan for future projects and keeping up with our state’s growth in population. Support Transportation and Support SB 962.

Proposition 1 highway funding that has pumped billions of dollars into our transportation system is set to expire, but SB 962 provides a solution to our traffic needs in North Texas and across the nation. SB 962 eliminates the termination date from the statute and provide funding certainty we can be assured that our highway projects will continue moving toward completion. On behalf of the members of the North Texas Commission, we support SB 962. Support SB 962. Support our transportation needs for the future.