The NH House Passes A Bill To Create Jobs And Rebuild Our Roads

[Omaha Steve]

http://nhlabornews.com/2014/04/the-nh-house-passes-a-bill-to-create-jobs-and-rebuild-our-roads/

Our roads and bridges are finally going to see some much needed improvements. Today the NH House passed SB367, the Senate Transportation Funding bill. The major part of the bill is a $.04 cent gasoline tax, hence the bill was commonly referred to as the “gas tax bill.”

The Republican controlled Senate rejected last years House “gas tax” bill that raised the tax by $.12 cents and in turn submitted a new bill with a lower increase. The four-cent increase will generate over $30 million dollars a year. The data shows that this increase will cost the average driver around $16 dollars a year. This is a severely need boost to the funding of our state Department of Transportation.

After the vote Governor Hassan released the following statement:

“A solid, modern transportation infrastructure is the foundation for long-term economic growth, critical to the success of New Hampshire’s people and businesses. Today’s bipartisan vote to strengthen infrastructure investment reinforces that there is broad agreement about the need to take action, and I applaud the House of Representative for taking action to improve our roads and bridges.

FULL story at link.

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