Ayotte’s transportation plan veto raises questions about effect on NH economyLong-term highway needs are underfunded, business owners and nonprofit advocates sayemail0LinkedinPrintThe state’s highway infrastructure is in great need of repair, according to a 2026 independent report that ties the improvements directly to the health of New Hampshire’s economy. Kelly Ayotte’s veto of the latest 10-year highway plan doesn’t immediately cancel funding for projects statewide. A March report from TRIP identified the 25 most needed transportation projects in New Hampshire, many of which lack sufficient funding to proceed. Jalbert, too, called on the Legislature to override the veto: “Her own party’s leadership has already called the veto short-sighted and unprecedented. If the veto is upheld, Watters expects the Legislature to take the unprecedented action of writing a transportation plan into the next biennial budget.