The issue focused on whether or not the state would need to spend millions of dollars in additional funding to expand and repair roads and bridges in order to address the projected cost of congestion that could result from the growth.

In a letter, Sen. Brian Bauman, a former executive with the state transportation agency, urged the Legislature to approve the measure, which will be considered at the state transportation budget meeting later this week. I am a very passionate person, and I have been working on this idea for a