Possible Reorganization
In February 2009, Governor Sonny Perdue, Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, and Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson announced a plan that would remove almost all authority from GDOT and the legislature and put it under themselves in a new State Transportation Authority. This would merge the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA) and State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA) together, leaving GDOT only to maintain roads. (Eliminating GDOT entirely would require an amendment to the state constitution.) On February 26, the GDOT board retaliated against chairwoman Gena Evans (who had been picked by Perdue) by firing her.
The state previously had a system under the governor rather than the legislature, in which he could (and often did) withhold highway funds from electoral districts represented by his political opponents. This system of political corruption and payback was reformed in 1963.
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