Issue Position: Transportation

Issue Position

A gas tax increase would cripple the economy in House District 28B. Families and businesses are struggling with today's high gas prices, and raising the gas tax would exacerbate the problem. Steve supports the Governor's plan to bond for $1.7 Billion in road improvements and to pay the bonds back with the constitutionally-dedicated motor vehicle sales taxes that are currently collected from Minnesotans.
Steve favors using the $250 million surplus to help counties repair and improve roads. He would move to devote all road- related state fees to road projects.

Steve will work for transportation funding that keeps locally generated transportation taxes working on projects right here, rather than exporting them to the metro area.

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