With revenues from the gas tax and vehicle registrations down in recent years, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) lacks the funds to construct new roads in 2012.
“Texas has the best roads in the nation, you hear that everywhere you go and we’re at risk of losing that prestige,” Gene Powell, Public Information Officer with TXDOT, said.
The department has a mere $1.2 million available for new road projects.
Some experts have advocated raising the vehicle registration and gas tax, though lawmakers have been cool to the idea.
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