Highway Funding: “When You Start Talking $160 Million, There’s an Incentive to Do Something”

State and Local Government | June 4, 2015

By Joseph Miller | Read Time 1 minute

State Senators Bob Onder and Joseph Keaveny discussed the results of the 2015 legislative session at a recent Show-Me Institute Policy Breakfast. Highway funding in Missouri was a major topic. The senators expressed a couple of views that are fortunately becoming more and more the consensus among policymakers: 1. Something will have to be done soon, and probably next year; 2. The solution will likely be some type of fuel tax increase or tolling.

Watch the senators handle questions on transportation funding in the video below:

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Joseph Miller

Joseph Miller was a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute. He focused on infrastructure, transportation, and municipal issues. He grew up in Itasca, Ill., and earned an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a master’s degree from the University of California-San Diego’s School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, with a concentration in international economics and China studies.

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