Originally Posted by CHenry

I don't have a problem paying road use tax actually. I use the roads and this money is earmarked for maintenance and construction of the interstate system. In OK the tax is 26 cents per gallon of fuel i believe...11 cents to the state and 15 cents to the feds. I work in the transportation industry and my job is to scope new construction projects for the state. I Come up with a scope of work, estimate construction cost and then it becomes a project. I see the operations of the yearly budget and I spend it as fast as it comes in. I see projects get build below standard because there just isn't enough money to build it right sometimes and that really bothers me but i just do as told. We have some of the poorest roads here in OK and everyone thinks its mismanagemet of funds but actually its not, we do the best we can with the dollars we get. People have NO idea how expensive a simple widen and overlay project can be...just to add 8' shoulders and a smoother surface on some little rural 2 lane highway that carries 250 cars a day. How about 1 million per mile? Now multiply that by 5 or 8 when your talking about multilane interstates carrying 200,000 cars a day.
And with the cost of a barrel of oil, asphalt is currently more expensive than concrete pavement.

Okay, i'm done... :pc: