AGC Urges Senators To Direct Climate Change Fees to Highway Trust Fund

AGC along with other transportation industry groups sent a letter to Senators John Kerry (D-MA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) with a clear message that the climate and energy legislation they are currently drafting must place any revenue collected from a "carbon tax" on gasoline into the Highway Trust Fund.  It is widely anticipated that their bill will include such a tax that could be passed on to drivers when they purchase motor fuels. AGC will continue to work with the Senators to ensure that any new fees placed on transportation fuels be dedicated to the Highway Trust Fund to improve U.S. highway and public transportation systems and to congestion reduction. The letter also noted that diverting fuel tax revenue to non-transportation purposes would severely hamper efforts to meet the investment goals proposed in the next multi-year surface transportation reauthorization bill.