Recently the N&O weighed in on the potential capping of NC’s state gas tax. As always, their solution: more of your money. No mention of more efficient means of distributing funding, or localizing more road responsibilities. Just throw more taxpayer dollars at it and hope for the best. The article makes a feeble attempt at [...]
Happy New Year! Now Give Me More Money
On Jan. 1, North Carolina’s state gas tax will adjust upward by another 3.9 cents per gallon. The new state gas tax rate of 38.9 cents per gallon will be an all-time high for the state, and rank as fifth highest in the nation. North Carolina will round out the top five gas taxers that [...]
N.C. DOT: Building Roads to Nowhere
This N&O story discusses how road funding in North Carolina is based on an antiquated “equity formula” rather than allocated based on need. The equity formula was created in 1989, under then-Gov. Jim Martin, a Republican, with goals that included ensuring that nearly everyone in the state will live within 10 miles of a four-lane [...]
