2/13/04-Gov. Olene Walker said that she would pursue shifting money earmarked for roads and highways to boost state funding for public education, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.
Walker’s plan would take nearly $65 million out of the Centennial Highway Fund and almost $18 million out of the B&C road fund to address education shortfalls.
Shifting money from the Centennial fund would result in the delay of several planned highway projects, according to Utah Department of Transportation Executive Director John Njord. He said the governor is looking at all her options.
“We have critical needs in this state,” Walker told the newspaper. “The need at our doorstep is education.”