The battle over transportation funding

Gov. Pawlenty's bonding bill calls for $416 million in transportation projects, including a record amount of state borrowing for bridge repair and replacement, but members of the DFL say that's not enough. Midmorning looks at the looming battle over funding for transportation.

Guests

• Steve Murphy: Senator, DFL-Red Wing, chairs the Senate Transportation Committee.
• Dick Day: Senator, R-Owatonna, a member of the Senate Transportation Committee.
• David Smiglewski: Mayor of Granite Falls, chairman of the transportation committee of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities.

More from MPR

• Pawlenty bonding proposal includes $225 million for bridges
  January 14, 2008
• Transport funding battle still looms in wake of NTSB findings
  January 16, 2008
• Fixing bridges not Minnesota's only transportation problem
  January 16, 2008

Resources

• About Senator Steve Murphy
• About Senator Dick Day
• Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities