Auto fees would rise under bill
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
By Chris Fitzsimon
By Mark Binker
Staff Writer
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// < ![CDATA[ OAS_AD('Middle'); // ]]> RALEIGH — Drivers would pay roughly a third more for their car’s annual registration stickers to help fund toll roads throughout the state under legislation passed by the Senate on Monday.
The fee would rise $8 on most vehicles, to $36 for the owner of a passenger car. That would raise about $50 million a year, which would go to the N.C. Turnpike Authority.
"The fact of the matter is no turnpike project today is 100 percent self-supporting, not just in North Carolina but anywhere," said David Joyner , the authority’s executive director.
Turnpikes charge about 10 to 12 cents per mile, Joyner said. If they charge more, he said, people will simply drive around.
But those rates don’t raise enough to cover the approximately $50 million per mile it takes to build an interstate. (more…)
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