Cut to the Chase: Governor, legislature should support fuel tax increase - BolivarMONews.com: Opinion

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Time is drawing short this legislative session for the Missouri General Assembly to approve a desperately needed increase in highway and bridge funding. A 2-cent increase in the state fuel tax is a small step in the right direction to help address our state’s serious road and bridge needs. The legislature and the governor should act now.

Beginning in 2017, the Missouri Department of Transportation will be $160 million short of funding to maintain Missouri’s entire 34,000-mile highway system in the condition it is in today; furthermore, the lack of sufficient funds also threatens the state’s ability to match $167 million of federal funds in 2017 and $400 million each year thereafter. If Missouri fails to match federal funds, other states will receive the funding generated by Missouri taxpayers.

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Cut to the Chase: Governor, legislature should support fuel tax increase - BolivarMONews.com: Opinion

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