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Highway staff outline motor fuel tax flows, recent increases and local budget impacts
Summary
The county highway engineer presented an overview of Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) and related transportation funding, explaining distribution changes since 1983, the 2019 increase that created a CPI‑indexed transportation renewal fund, and how rising material costs affect maintenance capacity.
Jerry Sokes of the McLean County Highway Department presented a detailed overview of Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funding, historical distribution changes, recent increases and the program’s implications for county road maintenance and construction.
Sokes described county highway operations across four funds — highway, bridge, matching and MFT — and said the matching fund is restricted to match federal or MFT dollars for construction, engineering and right‑of‑way. He traced major milestones: a 1983 shift to 80,000‑pound truck design on state highways; the addition of a diesel differential in the mid‑1980s; longer periods of…
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