While most of the states in the region are looking at increasing their gas taxes to help pay for road funding, Nebraska will not join that parade.

Governor Pete Ricketts says they have other funding in place…

 

Rickets has hired a professional head hunting firm to find the next head of the Department of Roads.

The Governor says he has heard from counties about their problems with bridge replacements…

 

A federal program that had helped fund those bridge replacements was discontinued a few years ago, putting the pinch on local governments.