GGM is a Big-Tent Organization…AAA Auto Club SouthAgora Brokerage CompanyAssociation County Commissioners of GeorgiaAmerican Council of Engineering CompaniesAtlanta Regional CommissionBPC. W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc.Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development at Georgia TechCentral Atlanta ProgressCitizens for Progressive TransitCivic League for Regional AtlantaClean Air CampaignCommunity Improvement District AllianceCouncil for Quality GrowthCousins Properties IncorporatedCSXCumberland Community Improvement DistrictEvermore Community Improvement DistrictFulton County GovernmentGeorgia Asphalt Pavement AssociationGeorgia Association of Railroad PassengersGeorgia Association of Regional Development Centers

Georgia Budget and Policy InstituteGeorgia Chamber of CommerceGeorgia Concrete Pavement AssociationGeorgia Concrete & Products AssociationGeorgia ConservancyGeorgia Construction Aggregates AssociationGeorgia Department of TransportationGeorgia Economic Developers AssociationGeorgia Electric Membership CorporationGeorgia Engineering AllianceGeorgia Highway Contractors AssociationGeorgia Municipal AssociationGeorgia Power CompanyGeorgia Railroad AssociationGeorgia Transit AssociationGeorgia Transit CoalitionGeorgians for Better TransportationGeorgians for the Brain TrainGovernor’s Office of Highway SafetyGeorgia Regional Transportation AuthorityGude Management Group

Gwinnett Chamber of CommerceGwinnett CountyGwinnett Place Community Improvement DistrictGwinnett Village Community Improvement DistrictHenry County Chamber of CommerceHNTB CorporationJordan, Jones & GouldingLiberty County Development AuthorityLivable Communities CoalitionMetropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit AuthorityMetro Atlanta Chamber of CommerceNorfolk SouthernPerimeter Community Improvement DistrictRegional Business CoalitionSandy Springs/Perimeter ChamberSierra ClubSouthern Environmental Law CenterSouthwest Georgia Business CoalitionState Road and Tollway AuthorityTransit Planning BoardVPSI, Inc.Zipcar

….With Top-Level LeadershipHonorary Co-Chairs

• Joe Leonard – Chairman, AirTran; Chairman, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Transportation Policy Committee

• Kessel D. Stelling – President and Chief Operating Officer, Bank of North Georgia; Chairman, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

• Charles Tarbutton – Assistant Vice President, Sandersville Railroad Company; Chairman, Georgia Chamber of Commerce

Steering Committee

• Lee Biola – Citizens for Progressive Transit

• Jerry Griffin – Association County Commissioners of Georgia

• George Israel – Georgia Chamber of Commerce

• Mike Kenn – Georgians for Better Transportation

• Stephen Loftin – Regional Business Coalition

• Steve Parks – Georgia Highway Contractors Association

• Bobby Vickery – C.W. Matthews Contracting Co.

• Sam A. Williams – Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

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$6.2 Billion *

$5.3 Billion$7.7 Billion

State Motor Fuel Revenues Continue to Decline

With the continuing rise in cost of highway and street construction, new projects will cost more

than originally budgeted

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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US Producer Price Index for Highway & Street Construction

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Georgia DOT Right of Way Acquisition Costs

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$20,000

$40,000

$60,000

$80,000

$100,000

$120,000

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Avg Cost per Parcel

Source: GDOT (actual 2003 costs were unavailable)

Increasing Costs in GDOT Right of Way

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Is the Federal Motor Fuel Tax running out of gas?

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(1) Paying for Roads – New Technology for an Old Dilemma – Paul Sorensen and Brian Taylor(2) (Source: AASHTO, June 2007, Report on Long-Term Financing Needs for Surface Transportation)

1993 2000 2007 2015

Inflation and improved fuel efficiency combine to erode the buying power of the current motor fuel tax because it is levied per gallon. (1)

Between 1993 and 2015, purchasing value from the Federal Motor Fuel Tax revenue will have decreased by 70% (2)

18.3¢

5.5¢

Annual Transportation Spending Per Capita

$159

$118

$78$61

$44

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$40

$80

$120

$160

1975 1985 1995 2005 2015

Source: GDOT & GBTNote: Amounts shown are adjusted for inflation

Roadway Pavement Deterioration

37%

63%

2006 Ratings

Excellent, Good

63%

Fair, Poor, Bad

37%84%

16%

2013 Ratings

Excellent, Good

16%

Fair, Poor, Bad

84%

Comparison

2006 – 846 miles or 4.7% state route resurfaced – cost of $144 M

1996 – 1,255 miles or 7% state route resurfaced – cost of $110 M

GNC Report Tells the Tale

GGM is a Big-Tent Organization…AAA Auto Club SouthAgora Brokerage CompanyAssociation County Commissioners of GeorgiaAmerican Council of Engineering CompaniesAtlanta Regional CommissionBPC. W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc.Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development at Georgia TechCentral Atlanta ProgressCitizens for Progressive TransitCivic League for Regional AtlantaClean Air CampaignCommunity Improvement District AllianceCouncil for Quality GrowthCousins Properties IncorporatedCSXCumberland Community Improvement DistrictEvermore Community Improvement DistrictFulton County GovernmentGeorgia Asphalt Pavement AssociationGeorgia Association of Railroad PassengersGeorgia Association of Regional Development Centers

Georgia Budget and Policy InstituteGeorgia Chamber of CommerceGeorgia Concrete Pavement AssociationGeorgia Concrete & Products AssociationGeorgia ConservancyGeorgia Construction Aggregates AssociationGeorgia Department of TransportationGeorgia Economic Developers AssociationGeorgia Electric Membership CorporationGeorgia Engineering AllianceGeorgia Highway Contractors AssociationGeorgia Municipal AssociationGeorgia Power CompanyGeorgia Railroad AssociationGeorgia Transit AssociationGeorgia Transit CoalitionGeorgians for Better TransportationGeorgians for the Brain TrainGovernor’s Office of Highway SafetyGeorgia Regional Transportation AuthorityGude Management Group

Gwinnett Chamber of CommerceGwinnett CountyGwinnett Place Community Improvement DistrictGwinnett Village Community Improvement DistrictHenry County Chamber of CommerceHNTB CorporationJordan, Jones & GouldingLiberty County Development AuthorityLivable Communities CoalitionMetropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit AuthorityMetro Atlanta Chamber of CommerceNorfolk SouthernPerimeter Community Improvement DistrictRegional Business CoalitionSandy Springs/Perimeter ChamberSierra ClubSouthern Environmental Law CenterSouthwest Georgia Business CoalitionState Road and Tollway AuthorityTransit Planning BoardVPSI, Inc.Zipcar