From the article:

“Some experts say the quickest and easiest thing to do is to simply index the 18.4-cent gasoline tax—which hasn’t changed since 1993—to inflation…[o]thers believe the gasoline tax is obsolete and needs to be replaced with an alternative source offunding.”

Read and decide.

From the article:

“If the Legislature does not find (road) money, this state will have massive transportation gridlock,” Phillips said.

From the article:

“The issue to focus on is how to fund our vital transportation system, as opposed to choosing sides in a pro-toll versus anti-toll debate,” Carlos Sun [University of Missouri Professor] said in a statement.

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From the article:

“Boehner said Thursday that’s he just spelling [out] what would happen if the two sides can’t agree by June 30, the date the current short-term transportation authorization legislation runs out.”

“What’s wrong with America’s transportation situation? In large measure, it’s the gas tax.”

Good news!

From the article:

“The Senate voted Wednesday to overhaul transportation programs and keep aid flowing to thousands of construction projects while strengthening highway and auto safety.”

From Virginia Business:

“Construction employment declined in 146 of 337 metropolitan areas between October 2010 and October 2011, increased in 140 and stayed level in 51, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Monday by the Arlington-based Associated General Contractors of America.

Association officials said many communities continue to lose construction jobs as a federal program to invest in highway, transit and other infrastructure construction remains stalled in Congress. “Declining federal investments in infrastructure projects, including highway and transit work, are making matters worse for construction employment in many communities,” Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist, said in a statement. 

The largest job losses were in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga., down 7,700 jobs, or about 8 percent. “Investing in infrastructure won’t solve every problem facing the construction industry but it will create construction jobs while giving a needed boost to all types of businesses,” said the association’s CEO Stephen E. Sandherr.

Virginia lost about 800 construction jobs over the past year. Construction on the Midtown Tunnel project is expected to start next year, pending a financial close on the deal, and will create hundreds of new construction jobs.”

See also:  “Tampa Bay area sheds 2nd highest number of construction jobs in the country”, and “Job Growth in [Buffalo, NY] region’s construction 3rd in US”

From our friends at Roads&Bridges.