He'll sign it. This is as close as he'll get to what he wanted. I wish he wouldn't. -- The AJC headline "Perdue hints he’ll sign transportation bill"

From the AJC:

Gov. Sonny Perdue hinted Monday he is likely to sign into law a plan making major changes to the state Department of Transportation.

Perdue did not directly say whether he would sign or veto the bill, but he called Senate Bill 200 a “step in the right direction regarding statewide planning.”

The bill is radically different from the one that he, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and House Speaker Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram) unveiled early in the 2009 legislative session. That bill essentially gutted DOT and turned the agency’s board into little more than a paving contractor, while giving most of the agency’s power to a state transportation authority.

What ultimately passed, however, preserves the current structure, although it creates a new director of planning whose power is outside the DOT board. It also gives the General Assembly great power to approve funding for individual projects.

Perdue has until next week to sign or veto SB 200 and all outstanding bills from the recent session.