re: Would u pay 17 extra cents a gallon if you knew that 100% went to roads and bridges?

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Does anyone in this thread know how the transportation trust fund works? The portion of the gas tax that DOTD receives currently goes into the fund. It cannot be used for anything else (i.e. "lining politicians pockets"). The state police can tap into it, but thanks to the voters a couple of years ago, the amount was significantly limited.

So an increase in the gas tax that is dedicated to roads and bridges would go directly into the transportation trust fund, which, constitutionally, can only be used for transportation.

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I am usually in the camp of the "slash it" mentality. But people don't realize how far fuel efficiency has come since the 1980's when we last raised the gas tax. Vehicles now need far less fuel, and combine that with inflation and the rising costs to maintain and build roads/bridges, the gas tax's value has significantly decreased.

Nearly every state has raised it's gas tax since Louisiana last raised theirs. I understand the public's skepticism about government mis-allocating the funds, but something desperately needs to be done to fund our projects.