08 July 2013

• “Connecticut's Gas Tax Jumps to Nearly 50 Cents”


”With the new gas taxes this week Connecticut will raise an extra $60 million at the pumps this year. But little of that money will go toward improving the state's highway infrastructure…. Instead, the state will continue to siphon the revenues for other spending.

“’Connecticut has been systematically underinvesting in its transportation infrastructure, and this has been going on for years and years and years,’ University of Connecticut economist Fred V. Carstensen told the Mirror.”

See the complete commentary at this link: Monroe.Patch.com


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