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Friday, December 4, 2009

State looks at mileage tax to fund roads

Austin Business Journal - by Jacob Dirr ABJ Staff

Nick Simonite

Texas lawmakers could decide to tax people by miles driven instead of amount of gas purchased.

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The Texas Department of Transportation is starting to explore a driver mileage tax as an alternative to the state gasoline tax, in the face of dwindling highway funds that will become depleted in 2012.

In late November, the Texas Transportation Commission laid groundwork for a Highway User Fee Exploratory Committee that would begin meeting in March and draft a report by August, a few months before state lawmakers convene.

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[via the Austin Business Journal]

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TxDOT paves way for Central Texas road projects
Austin Business Journal

At its meeting on Thursday the Texas Transportation Commission signed off on funding for two Central Texas highway projects in Southwest Austin and Williamson County.

Two new flyovers at the intersection of U.S. Highway 190 and MoPac Expressway were approved as part of a list of 10 “pass-through” projects around the state. Pass-through financing allows local municipalities to pay project costs and get reimbursed from the state as the project becomes operational, thereby letting local officials reprioritize and accelerate projects important to the region.

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via Austin Business Journal