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RTC outlines $4.6 billion, 107‑project plan and floats advisory EV fee for November ballot
Summary
Paul Nelson of the Regional Transportation Commission told the meeting the agency’s 20‑year Regional Transportation Plan includes 107 projects estimated at about $4.6 billion, described funding pressures from declining taxable gasoline sales and growing EVs, and said the commission may ask the Washoe County Board of Commissioners to place a nonbinding advisory question about an electric‑vehicle registration fee on the November ballot.
Paul Nelson, government affairs officer at the Regional Transportation Commission, told the meeting the agency’s 20‑year Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) includes 107 projects with an estimated cost of about $4.6 billion and that RTC’s current annual revenues are roughly $290 million against expenses of about $329 million.
Nelson said the RTC’s largest revenue source is the fuel tax and that sales of taxable gallons have declined since a 2019 peak — a trend driven by improved fuel efficiency and rising numbers of hybrids and electric vehicles in Washoe County. “If you look at EV registrations in Washoe County, they’ve risen just in those five years 562%,” Nelson said, and added that the growth in EVs is reducing fuel‑tax receipts used to pay for roads.
To address the revenue gap, Nelson said the RTC is proposing an agenda item for the May 26 Board of Commissioners meeting that would ask the board to approve an…
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