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County Engineer: Gas Tax Increase Will Give Us More For Projects

The gas tax has been much maligned but last Thursday night at the DeWitt County Board meeting, the County Highway Engineer says it will allow them to take on more projects.

 

Mark Mathon updated the County Board at their regular monthly meeting last Thursday the gas tax will still get divided up the way it always has but says the County will get more as a result of the tax increase.

 

 

The gas tax has not been adjusted in Illinois since the 90s and Mathon points out, with inflation, which was not taken into account at the time, the rate would be at the 38-cents.

 

 

Mathon adds the new law takes a portion of taxes from areas like Cook County and sends them to smaller communities based off motor vehicle registrations per county. At that point, townships have a set amount they receive based on the number of road miles. 

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