GAS TAX PROPOSAL

Gas Tax Proposal

Gas Tax Proposal

Experts say officials are pressuring lawmakers to increase state fuel tax to cover costs. When turning on 8 cents per gallon, as indicated by law state Rep. John Bradley, the state could generate an extra $ 500 million annually; lawmakers could turn around and authorize bonds worth 10 times the original amount of income. An average motorist would pay 80 cents more for a 10 gallon fill and RTAs and will take home $ 2.7 billion in funding for capital projects over five years, half of what transit officials say they need (Gray, 1969).

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