The Tom Warne Report, 16 January 2012
Several road funding measures are up for consideration during the upcoming budget session. One would eliminate a 40-cent-per-gallon ethanol tax credit, which would add about $3 million to the transportation fund. Another measure would divert nearly $14 million annually from general government fines and penalties from the education fund to highways. This and several other proposals have been adopted by the Joint Interim Committee on Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs to raise a total of $50 million a year for state roads and bridges.