January 28th 12, 11:36 PM
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Stating prices at retail inclusive of taxes
On 1/28/2012 12:08 AM, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
On 27-Jan-12 20:27, wrote:
On Jan 27, 5:06 pm, "Adam H. 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
Routes 78, 80, 287, 95, and 295 are not toll roads. There are more than
just the toll roads in NJ.
The last two enormous toll increases (50% in 2008 or 9 and another 50%
in 2011) were supposed to be dedicated to the ARC tunnels. I don't know
where that money's going to go now. Probably to bail out the
transportation trust fund again.
Michael Finfer
Bridgewater, NJ
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