News

South Dakota Gets Millions in Additional Federal Highway Funds

South Dakota Gets Millions in Additional Federal Highway Funds

Photo: WNAX


The South Dakota Department of Transportation will get an additional twenty-six million dollars in federal highway funding.
Governor Dennis Daugaard says the state is mandated by the constitution to spend all gas taxes on road projects, unlike some other states…..

This is the highest amount of extra federal funding the state has ever received.
Daugaard says the state spent all of the two hundred fifty nine million dollars allocated under the federal formula…..

Daugaard says good policy by the state D.O.T. is responsible for the additional funding……

The state has averaged about twelve million dollars a year in extra funding in the past.

Recent Headlines

10 hours ago in Local

NORTHWESTERN ENERGY PLANS SECOND NATURAL GAS PLANT IN ABERDEEN AS ELECTRICITY DEMAND GROWS

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Makenzie Huber / South Dakota Searchlight) – NorthWestern Energy is planning to build a second natural gas plant to…

10 hours ago in Local

CANDIDATES COULD PAY THEIR WAY ONTO BALLOT UNDER IDEA PROPOSED BY SOUTH DAKOTA’S TOP ELECTION OFFICIAL

PIERRE, S.D. (Joshua Haiar / South Dakota Searchlight) – South Dakota’s top election official floated potential legislation Tuesday that would allow…

11 hours ago in Local

GOVERNOR LARRY RHODEN ANNOUNCES BID FOR RE-ELECTION

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – Governor Larry Rhoden announced his bid for re-election on Tuesday. The Governor stood before his…

1 day ago in Local

REMAINDER OF SNAP PAYMENTS TO BE ISSUED THIS WEEK IN SOUTH DAKOTA

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Social Services will be issuing the remainder of November SNAP benefits this week.…

1 day ago in Local

SUSPECTED OVERDOSE DEATH OF INMATE UNDER INVESTIGATION

SPRINGFIELD, S.D. – Attorney General Marty Jackley says the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating a suspected drug overdose…