It's also not a small sum, just over 1% of their budget for what I could find quickly, and if they don't comply the next one will be larger. In a balanced budget state this is going to mean cutting some things. This isn't just a dispersible cost, and if they get hit again it becomes cancelling major programs, which when they're pushing for billions in tourism revenue that won't happen if you start struggling to fill potholes.
It's also not a small sum, just over 1% of their budget for what I could find quickly, and if they don't comply the next one will be larger. In a balanced budget state this is going to mean cutting some things. This isn't just a dispersible cost, and if they get hit again it becomes cancelling major programs, which when they're pushing for billions in tourism revenue that won't happen if you start struggling to fill potholes.