PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE A coalition that includes highway construction interests, chambers of commerce, freight haulers, AAA and AARP is trying to build support for fee and revenue increases proposed by Gov. Tom Corbett’s Transportation Funding Advisory Commission.
The panel’s recommendations, which including uncapping a tax on wholesale gasoline and raising various motor vehicle fees to catch them up with inflation, are expected to be on the Legislature’s menu this fall.
As lawmakers reconvene, the highway construction industry is financing a series of TV and radio commercials touting the importance of safe roads and bridges and is also urging people to sign an online petition supporting the funding measures at www.BetterSaferRoads.com. … (more)
