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Stephen Sprunk

On 27-Jan-12 20:27, wrote:
On Jan 27, 5:06 pm, "Adam H. Kerman" wrote:
wrote:
New Jersey's gasoline tax is one of the lowest in the US.

You've said that a couple of times. So is there a statewide property
tax for highway spending?

In NJ, there is a large network of roads maintained by the counties
(500/600 routes), which are covered by property taxes. In contrast,
in Pennsylvania, equivalent roads are usually maintained by the state
covered by the gas tax.

Also, the two major freeways in the state are toll roads, which means NJ
doesn't need to spend gas tax money on them. Freeways cost
significantly more per lane-mile than other roads, so this has to have a
large effect on overall state highway spending.

S

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