Gulf County rescinds ordinance extending local option gas tax The commission voted 5–0 to rescind Ordinance 2025‑04, which had extended the county's local option gas tax sunset date, following staff and bond‑counsel discussions and a reported agreement with the City of Wewahitchka.

Gulf County has made a bold move by unanimously rescinding the gas tax extension, paving the way for new funding strategies for road improvements!

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Michigan committee hears plan to levy per-mile tax on commercial electric trucks to fund roads The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee heard testimony on a bill package to apply a mileage-based tax to commercial electric trucks, tying taxable miles to the current motor-fuel rate and using IFTA reporting; sponsors said the proposal prevents loss of long-term road revenue, while industry urged careful design to avoid deterring investment.

Michigan's lawmakers are stepping up to ensure electric semitrucks contribute to road funding, proposing a new per-mile tax that could reshape the future of freight transport!

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I'm pushing for funding for Newbridge's second River Liffey bridge. The council has done its part – now we need national backing! To hear the full interview visit bit.ly/4bKsut1 #NewbridgeOrNowhere #CllrChrisPender #LocalGovernment #Infrastructure #RoadFunding

Sterling Heights expects $800,000 net revenue drop but nearly $40 million in road funding from state budget City Manager Mark Vanderpool told the City Council the recent state budget will reduce Sterling Heights’ constitutional revenue sharing by about 8% (roughly $1 million), add roughly $200,000 in public-safety revenue sharing and, over five years, bring nearly $40 million for road work. The net near-term revenue effect is about an $800,000 reduction,

Sterling Heights faces an $800,000 revenue drop, but is set to gain nearly $40 million for road improvements over the next five years!

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County Board Discusses $2M Road Bond and Budget Adjustments for Fiscal Year County board reviews budget impacts and potential bonding for road projects amid revenue adjustments.

Lincoln County's budget meeting unveiled a surprising $450,000 revenue boost, paving the way for vital road funding and IT department needs.

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Fuel excise doesn’t fund most Aussie roads.
75% = council rates
25% = state (rego, etc.)
<1% = federal So replacing fuel excise with an EV tax? It’s not about fairness, it’s just another tax. #EVTax #RoadFunding #TransportPolicy #AustraliaEVs

Former Public Works Employee Criticizes Measure O Spending on Non-Road Positions Brooke Lehman Epperly voices frustration over Humboldt County’s proposal to fund positions outside the Roads Division using Measure O sales tax revenue, which voters approved to support roads and…

Former Public Works Employee Criticizes Measure O Spending on Non-Road Positions kymkemp.com/2025/06/13/former-public... #MeasureO #HumboldtCounty #PublicWorks #RoadFunding #Opinion #LettersToTheEditor #BudgetConcerns

Did you know...

that the federal fuel tax raises about $37 billion a year to fund U.S. roads?

When everyone drives EVs, this tax revenue disappears - so how will we pay for highway maintenance and infrastructure then? Tax your electricity bill?

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Minnesota House debates EV surcharge amendment led by Representative Kraft House votes on amendment adjusting EV surcharge, maintaining fairness in tax distribution.

The Minnesota Legislature is at a crossroads, debating a controversial EV surcharge amendment that could reshape transportation funding and fairness in taxation.

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Senator Carlson presents road usage charge for electric vehicles to MN committee Senator Carlson advocates for road usage charge solely for all electric vehicles in Minnesota

Minnesota lawmakers are taking a bold step towards the future of transportation funding by proposing a road usage charge exclusively for electric vehicles—could this be the solution to our funding crisis or a missed opportunity?

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Replace Michigan's 'obsolete' road funding rules to avoid 'more of the same,' group says Lansing — A nonpartisan research organization said in a report released Tuesday that Michigan should overhaul the way it divvies up money for road improvements as part of any push by state leaders to find billions of dollars in additional infrastructure funding. The 86-page "Data-Driven Assessment of Michigan’s Road Program" from the Citizens Research Council of Michigan described lawmakers' inability to replace the state's transportation funding law, known as Public Act 51 of 1951, as "a decades-long failure." "The bottom line is that PA 51 is obsolete," the report said. "Increasing Michigan’s road funding without fundamental reform to how it is spent would be a disservice to citizens of the state." The group's findings, which have been in the works for about a year, came amid an ongoing debate in Lansing over how to provide more money for road projects. In February, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed increasing taxes on marijuana and businesses, including big tech companies, as part of a $3 billion funding plan. Last week, the Republican-controlled Michigan House approved its own $3 billion plan that would largely depend on freeing up and shifting existing state resources to roads and bridges. Before those ideas debuted, Michigan ranked 30th among the 50 states in total road funding from 2012 to 2021, according to the new Citizens Research Council analysis. However, the state was 40th in road system conditions, according to the analysis. As the Michigan Legislature evaluates its options to increase road funding, there should be a parallel effort to better understand how funding can be put to the best use, the Citizens Research Council report said. "What you do with the money matters as much as how much money you have," said Eric Lupher, president of the Citizens Research Council. "So we recognize that Michigan has been underfunding the roads, but if we don't fix what we do with the money, once we get it, we're just going to get more of the same." Nearly all of Michigan’s state road funding revenue is collected into the Michigan Transportation Fund and then distributed according to a formula set by the 74-year-old Public Act 51, according to the report. The formula is "practically impossible to understand or audit," the report concluded. A 2007 so-called "primer" on the law by the nonpartisan House Fiscal Agency is 52 pages long. For counties, the most governing allocation factor is the number of registered vehicles within a county, the Citizens Research Council report said. For cities and villages, the most governing allocation factor is population. However, according to the Citizens Research Council, the formula discounts new technology available to measure traffic, the fact that residents frequently travel to other jurisdictions, the varying cost of construction projects across the state and commercial traffic load. Michigan policymakers have more ways available to them now to understand the funding needs for roads than they did in 1951, said Eric Paul Dennis, the Citizens Research Council's associate for infrastructure policy and the lead researcher for the new report. "Things tend to be much more expensive, for example, in Metro Detroit than in Marquette, and our current distribution formula doesn't consider this," said Dennis, who is a licensed professional engineer. There are some locations in Michigan that have really poor roads, while others have been adequately funded, he added. "If we continue to put more money into a formula that doesn't really consider actual measured road funding needs, we're going to find ourselves in the same position a few years later," Dennis said. But the Citizens Research Council expert acknowledged the changes would require "difficult political discussions." Those negotiations would likely focus on areas of Michigan that should get more road funding and other places that should miss out, potentially putting lawmakers from districts across the state at odds with one another. When Republican then Gov. John Engler pushed for a 4 cents a gallon increase in the gas tax in 1997, he also insisted that the road funding formula in Act 51 be changed. The Legislature declined to reform the road funding formula but approved the gas tax hike. Lance Binoniemi, vice president of government affairs for the Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association, said Public Act 51 has seemed politically impossible to change. "I don't know if you ever find a scenario where you change it," Binoniemi said. Binoniemi's association represents companies that work on Michigan's roads and bridges. The state's formula hasn't been fully funded so it's difficult to tell whether it works, he argued. Citizens Research Council by Craig Mauger on Scribd cmauger@detroitnews.com This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Replace Michigan's 'obsolete' road funding rules to avoid 'more of the same,' group says

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House passes $3.1B road funding plan with some Dem support. Senate calls it 'nonsense' Lansing — The Michigan House on Wednesday voted to adopt a nine-bill road funding package Republicans said would generate about $3.1 billion that could be redirected to roads, with a large chunk going toward local roads. The funding proposal, which…

Lansing — The Michigan House on Wednesday voted to adopt a nine-bill road funding package Republicans said would generate about $3.1 billion that could be redirected to roads, with a large chunk going toward local roads.


The funding proposal, which… #RoadFunding #MichiganPolitics #Infrastructure

Search for road funding plan accelerating in Lansing Lansing — Michigan lawmakers unveiled, in recent days, new bills to boost funding for road improvements and they said additional proposals are coming in the near future, as some see the push for transportation dollars as gaining momentum in the state…

Lansing — Michigan lawmakers unveiled, in recent days, new bills to boost funding for road improvements and they said additional proposals are coming in the near future, as some see the push for transportation dollars as gaining momentum in the state… #RoadFunding #Infrastructure #MichiganPolitics