A state legislative committee will meet in Columbus next week to talk about planes, trains and automobiles.
Senators and representatives on the joint transportation funding committee will hear local and state officials, transportation executives, and academics discuss Georgia's infrastructure problems.
David Spear of Georgia's Department of Transportation says the committee will focus on finding funding for improving air, rail and overland transportation systems:
"Roughly, about 60-percent of our department's funding comes from the federal government. They have the same issues as we have in terms of their budget. The kinds of needs we have for infrastructure simply mean that we can't address them by ourselves... We're going to have to do everything we can do, and still rely on Washington for significant federal assistance, as well."Monday and Tuesday's meetings are the third in a series of six information-gathering meetings the group has held across the state this summer.
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