Gov. Nixon endorses proposed Missouri fuel tax increase; also backs tolling I-70 | KCUR

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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has once again thrown his support behind a fuel tax increase in order to fund highway improvements.

Speaking Thursday to host Steve Kraske on KCUR's to Date, Nixon says he hopes a bill pre-filed this month by Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff) "gets to his desk."

"It doesn't solve the whole problem, but it's clearly a step in the right direction," Nixon said. "So I hope Sen. Libla's bill gets out of the House, gets to the Senate and then gets to my desk." . . .

I think [an I-70 toll road] should stay on the table. That has to be one of the options. Eighty cents for every dollar that would pay for it would be paid by out-of-state drivers. That's a really efficient way for a cross-country road, used by truckers and others, we'd be able to build something at a relatively low cost to Missourians.

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Gov. Nixon endorses proposed Missouri fuel tax increase; also backs tolling I-70 | KCUR

Unfortunately, it is probably far to late to see any real progress on the issue before Governor Nixon's term expires about a year from now.