The joint House and Senate transportation committees approved the Georgia Department of Transportation10-year plan after a brief presentation from Commissioner McMurray and a voice vote announced by the chair.

Commissioner Clay McMurray told committee members the FY21 portion of the 10-year plan had been adjusted to reflect the conference committee budget report. He said the share of state capital construction spending moved from about 41% to 40% and that other line items such as bridge repair, safety enhancements and administration shifted modestly as debt and budget allocations were reshuffled.

McMurray also reviewed traffic and revenue indicators the department is using to plan the program. Using data from roughly 135 counters statewide, he said weekday traffic volumes bottomed in early April and have mostly recovered; rural state routes were "back to normal," interstates and rural interstates were near pre-COVID levels, while urban routes remained about 10% to 15% below the same day a year earlier. He identified vehicle-miles-traveled as a key revenue driver and said that measure was back to within about 10% of January 2020 levels in the most recent week.

"So that's important because that relates into consumption," McMurray said, summarizing why traffic trends matter to fuel-tax and consumption-based revenue used for transportation.

Committee members did not pose substantive follow-up questions after the presentation. The chair called for a motion to approve "the 10 year plan presented by the commissioner." A motion and second were made, and the chair announced the motion carried following an "aye" vote; the transcript records no roll-call tally or recorded opposing votes.

The committee did flag ongoing federal developments: McMurray told members he and GDOT staff were watching congressional work on reauthorization of the federal surface-transportation program (the FAST Act's successor) and that additional federal funding proposals were under consideration in Washington.

The committee's approval leaves GDOT with the updated 10-year framework adopted at the meeting; the transcript does not record implementation details, specific project-by-project funding allocations beyond the percentage changes McMurray cited, or a roll-call vote count.

The committee adjourned after confirming a second agenda item later in the session.