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Some solutions for the state to raise money for the highways is make it a law that the Highway Trust Fund can no longer be raided to fill the General NC Fund.
Have weigh stations at the entrance of all interstates and require all truck drivers to pay a reasonable fee to be used for repairs separate from construction.
Relinquish or split costs alot of the state own and maintain secondary roads to cities and counties and the state does maintain alot.
Keep the gas tax as is which was signed for them to do anyways last year and raise the registration fee.
btw, there was no vote yesterday.
If NC wants to raise highway revenue, they should look first to actually enforcing existing laws and raise the registration fee/make it annual. There are plenty of states that do this very successfully.
What percentage of the annual NCDOT budget would that save?
Oh I wouldn't stop there. I'd say that a 10% layoff is doable with no loss of utility to the end public. They should concentrate greatly on the higher tiers of management and cap salaries. Now that should be a considerable amount saved of the budget.
After that, we might get some acceptable proposals that have a chance of working .
My teenage daughter said "wouldn't that be a violation of your right to privacy? How many miles you drive shouldn't be anyone's business." We agreed that if the cops suspect your car was used in the commission of a crime, and the mileage on the car was somehow an important factor, they would have to get a warrant to get that information. Wouldn't they?
I think she is a genius. How many teenagers have more than a basic understanding of search and seizure laws?
My teenage daughter said "wouldn't that be a violation of your right to privacy? How many miles you drive shouldn't be anyone's business." We agreed that if the cops suspect your car was used in the commission of a crime, and the mileage on the car was somehow an important factor, they would have to get a warrant to get that information. Wouldn't they?
I think she is a genius. How many teenagers have more than a basic understanding of search and seizure laws?
I can't believe that NC is having trouble with highway funding. NC has one of the highest fuel taxes in the nation, yet many of the roads are substandard.
This idea has been raised before and despite all of its problems (that people have raised in this thread), it stubbornly refuses to die. Doing a quick search for news articles about this story, they say that the NCDOT Board will hear a proposal to tax vehicle mileage but I can't find who exactly is proposing this to present to the NCDOT board.
My teenage daughter said "wouldn't that be a violation of your right to privacy? How many miles you drive shouldn't be anyone's business." We agreed that if the cops suspect your car was used in the commission of a crime, and the mileage on the car was somehow an important factor, they would have to get a warrant to get that information. Wouldn't they?
I think she is a genius. How many teenagers have more than a basic understanding of search and seizure laws?
I would assume lawmakers did their homework.
It could just be a beat-around-the-bush way of saying they're gonna raise gas tax
Or we could just stop funding useless interstates in the east.
That is an interesting presentation by the NCDOT. I notice the one solution that isn't mentioned is to cut costs. Businesses are forced to do this all the time, but it never seems to be a thought for these people.
What a bs line. You haven't been paying attention. The state has undergone massive budget cuts in the last five years. NCDOT alone laid off 400 people two years ago.
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