The problem was caused by the Jim Doyle (Democrat) administration which illegally took money from the Highway trust fund and used it to pay for shortages in the general fund.
Act 10 fixed the budget shortfall, but the damage was done and the highway fund shortfall has not been able to be refilled.
The built-in inflation adjustment to Wisonsin’s gas tax was also stopped in 2005, causing the tax to slowly lose real value over time.
Correct. What diamond jim doyle did, and thus delayed, will keep affecting us for years.