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Public commenter proposes 60¢ per-mile weight-distance fee to fund Michigan transportation without raising taxes
Summary
During public comment, Jack Hoffman urged the commission and legislature to adopt a weight-distance regulatory fee of 60¢ per mile on heavy trucks to generate an estimated $4 billion per year for transportation funding, saying it would avoid diverting school or economic development funds.
During the meeting’s public comment period on Aug. 1, Jack Hoffman presented a proposal urging Michigan leaders to fund transportation using a mileage-and-weight regulatory fee on heavy trucks rather than diverting existing revenue streams.
Hoffman said a 60¢ per-mile regulatory fee on heavy trucks would raise an estimated $4 billion per year. He also referenced Representative Morgan’s House Bill 4120 as a complementary proposal that would raise about $300 million by restoring certain sales-tax distributions to constitutional levels, and he urged that local transportation distributions be restricted to transportation purposes as determined by each local unit of government.
His remarks were submitted as public comment; the commission did not take action during the meeting on the proposal.
