Georgia transportation leaders are trying to figure out how to pay for road building and maintenance as the current funding model is challenged by more efficient vehicles.
Speaking at a State Transportation Board committee meeting on July 19, Josh Waller with the Georgia Department of Transportation said the issue goes beyond electric vehicles to the mileage that hybrids and newer model gas-powered vehicles are getting. The more mileage that cars get, the less gas they need, and therefore less gas tax money goes to the state.
“So that’s creating some challenges, not just here but nationally with that traditional model of how we fund transportation,” he said.
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