The program would cost nearly $600 million in state and federal funds.
Their budget for 2006 was about €1.4 billion, with 84% from state and federal funds.
The program is being financed with state and Federal funds.
The current program is paid for equally from state and Federal funds.
Sixty percent of its $224 million budget is provided by state and federal funds.
All told, officials expect to spend $160 million in state and Federal funds on smart highway systems over the next five years.
Current law does provide extended benefits of up to 13 weeks, paid for equally from state and Federal funds.
That rent money, he said, comes from a mix of city, state and Federal funds.
"This will give us top priority to apply for the state and federal funds," he said.
But the state can find only about $1 million to spend on the problem each year from state and Federal funds.
