Transportation officials recommend 10-year transition
OLYMPIA — State lawmakers will consider a gradual transition from the state’s current gasoline tax to a system that would charge drivers fees based on how many miles they travel.
This comes amid rising concerns over the amount of revenue available to fund transportation and the maintenance of roads and highways due to increasing fuel-efficiency among vehicles, as well as concerns that owners of older and less fuel-efficient vehicles are carrying a larger tax burden.
The House Transportation Committee heard a report Thursday from the
report Thursday from the Washington State Transportation Commission on the feasibility and logistics of a road usage charge program.
Reema Griffith, executive director of the Washington State Transportation Commission, said “not everyone is paying their fair share for use of the roads.”
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