question — there are gas taxes collected every time we get gas. What is this money being spent on, if not road maintenance as intended???
If there are shortfalls, perhaps we could discuss raising gas taxes, if we really need more dedicated money for road maintenance.
But it seems out of bounds to me, to convert roads to toll roads, to get an additional source of revenue, when we already theoretically have that dedicated revenue in the form of gasoline and diesel fuel taxes.
“question — there are gas taxes collected every time we get gas. What is this money being spent on, if not road maintenance as intended?”
I once did design work on rehabbing an old railroad station into a museum...it had federal highway funding.
That’s just a small example...but you are only limited by your imagination when it comes to wasted highway money.
Do you really think that a couple cents per mile is enough to pay for the roads?
Since roads are paid for through the general fund then that is where the funds flow through to repair the streets where you are from. Combined with the federal dollars is how your state boot straps its way to the top.