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STATE SPENDS THE GAS
TAX YOU PAY AT THE PUMP.
MAJORITY OF THEIR GAS
SMOOTHER AND SAFER.
(MM)
BUT WE'VE LEARNED
RHODE ISLAND USES LESS
THAN A THIRD OF THAT
AND BRIDGES.
REST OF YOUR GAS TAX IS
TARGET 12 INVESTIGATOR
NOW WITH DETAILS.
AT 33-CENTS A GALLON, RHODE
ISLANDERS PAY THE SECOND
ENGLAND...
COUNTRY.
SO, YOU'D THINK OUR ROADS
GOOD SHAPE.
BUT STUDY AFTER STUDY
IN THE NATION.
OTHER STATES MAINTAIN AND
STRUCTURES WITH A VARIETY
GAS TAXES. . .PORTIONS OF
.LICENSING AND REGISTRATION
IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAMS...AND TOLLS.
TARGET 12 FOUND OUT, RHODE
ALMOST ENTIRELY ON THE GAS
IT'S FRUSTRATING.
STATES HAVE A BROADER
TARGET 12 FOUND OUT - WHILE
ALMOST A THIRD OF THE TAX
YOU PAY AT THE PUMP GOES TO
RHODE ISLAND IS THE ONLY
MORE THAN A 3RD GOES
450 MILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT,
BORROWED FOR FEDERAL
MATCHING FUNDS.
CENTS OF THAT 33 CENT A
GALLON TAX....LESS THAN A
THIRD OF WHAT'S TAKEN IN TO
FUND WHAT RI-DOT DOES.
BRIDGES IN THE STATE. ABOUT
150 OF THEM ARE
LEWIS TELLS TARGET 12, THE
STABLIZING ITS DEBT SERVICE
BY INCREASING LICENSE AND
NEXT YEAR AND DEDICATING
THE INCREASE TO THE
MATCHING FUNDS NEEDED FOR
FEDERAL GRANTS. . .
SO, HE HOPES THE DAYS OF
HELP FROM WASHINGTON ARE
OVER. .
FUNDING BEYOND THE
EXISTING GAS TAX TO MAKE
YOUR DRIVE SMOOTHER AND
SAFER IS ANOTHER PROBLEM IN
OF RED INK
SOME IDEAS FROM THIS STATE
STUDY THAT'S NOW 4 YEARS
OLD INCLUDE INCREASING THE
GAS TAX. . .
REGISTRATION AND LICENSING
SALES TAX. . .
POSSIBILITY...BUT THE STATE'S
REQUEST FOR TOLLS ON 95
HAVE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT CHANGE THE
MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
OPTIMISTICALLY, LEWIS POINTS
OUT OUR INTERSTATES ARE
SAID TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE. . .
OF MONEY IT WOULD TAKE TO
BRING THE ENTIRE RHODE
ISLAND SYSTEM UP TO SPEED. .
ADDITIONAL SPENDING A
YEAR...FOR 10 YEARS
FROM 2008.
WITH THE TARGET 12
INVESITGATORS, WALT
BUTEAU...EWN.