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BILL * USA - Idaho: $57M in Trucking Fees Proposed
Idaho senators aim to raise an additional $57 million per year to build and repair Idaho roads largely from truckers from out-of-state
Boise,Idaho,USA -The Associated Press/The Houston Chronicle (Houston,TX) -March 6, 2008: — ... It's part of the push to ease a $200 million shortfall in transportation funding... Senators Tim Corder, a Mountain Home Republican who owns a trucking company, and Shawn Keough, from Sandpoint, introduced the bill Wednesday to charge all trucks that weigh more than 60,000 pounds a $660 annual registration fee... The truck owners would then pay 4.5 cents for every mile they travel on Idaho roads... The current system, Corder says, lets out-of-state truckers drive Idaho roads without paying the full cost... The Idaho Trucking Association, which represents long-haul truckers, will likely oppose the measure, he said...
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