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Road revenue needed, official says
Oregon Highway plan recommends gas tax increase
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lux Increases in recent years
have improved Oregon high
ways greatly, hut more will he
needed to keep them in top
shape, the state's leading trans
portation official says
Don Forbes, newly appointed
director of the state Department
of Transportation, said Oregon
will continue to rely heavily on
fuel taxes if improvements are
to t>e made over the next 20
years.
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In 1985, the legislature ap
proved the first of a series of in
creases that has doubled the
state gas tax to 20 cents per gal
lon Since the tax hikes,
thenumber of highway surfaces
rated "fair or bettor” has risen
from *1H percent in 1084 to 80
percent in 1900, Forbes said
Monday.
"That clearly couldn't have
been possible without the gas
tax," he said.
The state's 1001 Oregon
Highway Plan recommends that
gas tax increases of 2 cents per
year he adopted over the next
20 years Increases in weight
distance fees and registration
fees also have been recom
mended.
Without the tux increases, the
emphasis will he on preserving
tiie state roadways The depart
ment could hit its preservation
goal of 00 percent "fair or bet
ter" roadways by 2010. but traf
fii congestion problems would
Increase. Forbes said.
About SIC) 7 billion would be
spent in the next two decades
without the tax increase.
A 2-cent annual increase and
other related tax hikes would
raise an extra S5 billion over 20
years With the additional mon
ey, the state could meet its
preservation goals and would
he able to fund the "Access Or
egon Highway" program to up
grade 15 strategic roadways in
the state, Forbes said.
More roads would l>e rebuilt
and bridges retrofitted under
the program and more mainten
ance would be done if the S5
billion is raised. Forbes said.
Whether additional taxes will
be approved depends on how
important the public views
gixrd highways, he said
Half of the 2-cont increase
would go toward keeping up
with inflation, the other half to
additional work, he said.
Forbes became department
director July 1, following the
retirement of Bob Bothman. Be
fore that Forbes served three
years us head of the Highway
Division.
Forbes said the Portland
area's rapid growth isn't com
ing at the expense of other
areas in highwuy development
funds. The emphasis in Eastern
Oregon is to preserve road
ways. In Portland, the goal is to
develop options such as car
pooling and bus transportation
to defer now projects.
"We can’t build enough high
ways to keep up.” he said.
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