Quotes by Damien Newton

“Weve heard that theyre appealing, and thats good, but theyve lost a couple of cases. By all means appeal, but I dont know if that will be the silver bullet.”

“Were hoping to see strong regulations down the road. The challenge is how to do that. As with any task force, it depends on what happens to the recommendations.”

“We dont want to see a lot more bonding. We want it to be pay as you go.”

“There is a 4 percent cap on new highway extensions, but there are eight exceptions, which include everything imaginable. You read it closer, and were being bamboozled.”

“It was some good news.”

“Youre sending a message about what the states transportation priorities are.”

“The focus is on the administration to take the lead and set the tone that well be a state that doesnt tolerate reckless driving.”

“Our roads and streets are getting less safe. A lot of its due to reckless driving, and we should be reversing that trend by having stricter enforcement.”

“Were not enforcing our laws as strictly as we could. When you have a high percentage that is caused by speeding and reckless driving, that speaks to enforcement.”

“Its a great budget. What we saw before was DOT trying to build its way out of congestion.”