The AP reports the Idaho Transportation Department could get an additional $140 million to repair state highway bridges under a bill approved by a Senate committee.

Republican Sen. Chuck Winder is pushing the legislation that would allow the state to sell more bonds originally authorized under Idaho’s $1 billion “Connecting Idaho” highway building project.

The Senate Transportation Committee advanced the bill Wednesday.

The state has sold about $855 million in bonds, but lawmakers have been at odds over whether to add $140 million to max out the program.