Ahead of Wednesday’s regional meeting of the Governor’s Task Force on Transportation Infrastructure Investment, One Acadiana released a set of high-level recommendations for a statewide transportation funding solution. The meeting, hosted by the Acadiana Planning Commission, One Acadiana and LEDA, is from 10 a.m. to noon at LITE, 537 Cajundome Blvd.

In a news release, 1A says its first two guiding principles (view them here) call for the state to maximize existing transportation funding levels and to find funding for transportation in other state budgetary categories. 

The third principle calls for a substantial revenue increase under certain conditions.

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