In recent years, taxes from higher gas prices, generous federal highway funding, and money poured into Tropical Storm Irene recovery helped the state make progress in repairs to transportation infrastructure.
Now the effect of lower gas prices on some funding, the uncertain future of the federal Highway Trust Fund, and the end of Irene money are creating a transportation shortfall.
We talk with Rep. Pat Brennan and Sen. Dick Mazza, who chair the legislature's transportation committees, about what the decline in revenue will mean for road and bridge projects.
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Also on the program, director Eric Schaeffer is originally from Vermont. He discusses his new film, "Boy Meets Girl," a romantic coming-of-age story with a transgender protagonist at its center.
Broadcast live on Thursday, March 19, 2015, at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
