Bill signed by Gov. Braun facilitates addition of toll roads, reforms road maintenance funds distribution

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) – A bill recently signed into law by Governor Mike Braun, aimed at improving the distribution of funds for road maintenance, also facilitates the addition of tolls to interstate roads.

House Bill 1461 addressed a problem many states are currently dealing with – the loss of revenue from the gas tax due to more efficient (if not fully electric) vehicles.

Gas tax revenue has long been a main source of road maintenance funding. States are now looking at alternative ways to make up those funds…

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