Shuster Opposes Fuel Tax Rollback
Major road construction and rebuilding projects would be stopped in their tracks if a 4.3-cents-a-gallon diesel and gas tax is rolled back, according to the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Armed with figures showing that such a move could result in a crumbling infrastructure and mounting job losses, Rep. Bud Shuster (R-Pa.) said the “repeal of the fuel tax is the wrong way to go.â€
Some trucking officials and others have been urging Congress to drop the tax hike in an effort to mitigate rapidly rising fuel costs, an effort that Shuster has resisted.
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The 4.3-cent tax on gasoline and diesel, actually a tax increase that was approved by Congress in 1993, brings in $7.2 billion to the fund annually — $5.8 billion for highways and $1.4 billion for transit, said Shuster.
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For the full story, see the Mar. 20 print edition of Transport Topics. .