MADISON, WI (MetroSource-WSAU) Republican legislative leaders favor tolling as the best way to fix Wisconsin’s highways and bridges.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald say placing tolls around the state will enable crews to fix highways and bridges with cash. The two legislative leaders made the comments after a forum addressing the Wisconsin Counties Association. “We have the ability to toll in an awful lot of Wisconsin… You can do it on bridges. You can do it in an awful lot of places around the state,” Vos said.
Former governor Scott Walker vetoed funding to study tolling in the last state budget. Walker also fought with lawmakers in his own party to block higher gas taxes.
Governor Tony Evers, a democrat, had suggested that he is open to tolling. Evers is more likely to back an increase in the gas tax and indexing it to inflation. Evers’ Transportation Secretary Craig Thompson had also suggested that vehicle registration fees may be increase.
Evers says his new state budget, which will be unveiled February 28, will include new road-funding proposals.
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