Connecticut found lagging in highway investment

An excerpt from Hartford Business Journal article. Connecticut spends less than 20 cents of each dollar it collects in highway user fees to build and maintain its highways, a leading state trucking lobby says. The Motor Transport Association of Connecticut said Wednesday it reached that conclusion after reviewing available data from the Federal Highway Administration….

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An excerpt from Hartford Business Journal article.

Connecticut spends less than 20 cents of each dollar it collects in highway user fees to build and maintain its highways, a leading state trucking lobby says.

The Motor Transport Association of Connecticut said Wednesday it reached that conclusion after reviewing available data from the Federal Highway Administration.

A simple calculation of the data shows that not even 20 percent of this state’s highway user fees are put into highways, MTAC President Joseph Sculley said.

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