Re: NJ Highway Fund broke, options limited

On Mar 24, 1:47 am, "rshe...@xxxxxxxxx" <rshe...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 23, 10:34 pm, Larry G <gross.la...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:





On Mar 22, 3:00 pm, hanco...@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

The Phila Inqr reported that the NJ trust fund is broke.  The new
governor has emphasized there will be no toll increases or increases
in the gasoline tax (however, mass transit tolls will increase
25%-50%, and, service will be cut back).

NJ has one of the lowest gasoline taxes in the country.

well. .the good news is that Virginia got it's rest stops back
open....

the bad news is they spent their snow budget before they knew it was
gonna snow big time!

VDOT, NCDOT, NJ, who else is in trouble?  Maryland?

okay.. let's go at this from the other direction..

what state DOTs are fat and happy?

No one is "fat and happy", but those that are better off are the ones
that have a percentage on top of a flat rate

FL, for instance, plus they have a county local option gas tax

we have a local option tax - it goes to pay for commuter rail..
preempting future increases for other purposes.. maybe...

NoVa had the opportunity for local option but it got overwhelmingly
rejected when the public perceived it to be a giant slush fund for
developers.
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