Associated Press reports, “Recommendations to pay for road improvements in Indiana include increasing gas taxes, tolls and a vehicle fee. Republican state Rep. Tim Brown of Crawfordsville and Republican state Sen. Luke Kenley of Noblesville on Monday [December 19] announced the recommendations of the task force they co-chair. The panel was created as part of a two-year road funding plan passed earlier this year. Members were tasked with finding new revenue to pay for the state’s transportation infrastructure.” Click here to read the task force’s December 19 draft final report.
The Times of Northwest Indiana adds, “In addition, the task force urged the Legislature to work with the federal government to authorize tolling on state highways and interstates to pay for added capacity and rehabilitation of existing lanes and bridges.”