DOT Commission approves opperating budget

The State Transportation Commission Tuesday approved the Department of Transportation’s operating budget for the next fiscal year. Nancy Richardson of the D-O-T made the budget presentation to the Commission.She says the budget of just over 255-million dollars is a one-point-two-percent increase. Richardson says it’s a “bare bones” budget.She credits her boss — the D-O-T director — with holding the line on the budget.The budget approved Tuesday is for operating expenses and doesn’t include money spent to build and improve roads.