I believe it's very important to emphasize that one of the clear messages we heard from our members was the need to have reliable, stable funding that they can count on toward dealing with the capital infrastructure investments they need to plan for going forward.
One of the challenges that occurs when you have blips in funding, which happen for very good reason--for example, under economic stimulus and so on--is that you run the risk of potential inflationary pressures and so on, because there isn't the capacity at times in the marketplace to deal with some of those issues.
I think it's fair to say it's extremely important going forward that we have reliable funding that we can count on. It will certainly give municipalities what they need to be able to plan financially, in terms of the work that needs to be done, and to balance out the various responsibilities they have.
From the people I've spoken with, I can tell you that everyone recognizes the importance of those infrastructure dollars, those gas tax dollars, and so on, going to that very purpose. The process is set up in that way, to ensure that it goes to those purposes in our municipalities.
I think Mike may want to add a little bit to this as well.