A new 10-year, $8.2 billion highway program sits waiting for lawmakers to reconvene in Topeka Wednesday to wind up the 2010 session. A bill spelling out how the program would be paid for was approved by the Senate Highway Committee last month, just before the Legislature adjourned for its spring break.
It calls for a .3 percent increase in the state sales tax and increases in registration fees. Passenger car fees would rise $20 a year; 18-wheelers, $100. No increase in fuels taxes is in the bill — but should be.
A new program is needed because the 1999 Comprehensive…
Highway program needs support as session resumes
