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Officials warn of highway fund shortfalls, point to recent electric-vehicle surcharge as partial offset
Summary
Department of Safety and Department of Transportation officials told the Transportation Committee that the highway fund has run a structural deficit for at least three biennia and that an electric-vehicle surcharge enacted last year partially offsets lost gas-tax revenue.
Department of Safety Assistant Commissioner Steve Lavoie and Department of Transportation Commissioner Bill Cass briefed the House Transportation Committee on state transportation revenues and funding risks, saying the highway fund has been structurally short for at least three biennia and that revenue pressures may require legislative choices.
Lavoie told the committee the highway fund is constitutionally limited to “the construction and maintenance of public highways, and then also for the supervision of traffic thereon.” He noted that certain collection costs and DMV fees are…
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