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Originally published Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 12:16 PM
Car tab, bike fees part of House transpo package
House Democrats have unveiled a transportation revenue package that would raise $9.8 billion over the next decade with the help of a 10-cent bump in the gas tax, a new annual car tab fee pegged at 0.7 percent of the vehicle's value and more than $3 billion in new bonds.
Associated Press
House Democrats have unveiled a transportation revenue package that would raise $9.8 billion over the next decade with the help of a 10-cent bump in the gas tax, a new annual car tab fee pegged at 0.7 percent of the vehicle's value and more than $3 billion in new bonds.
Also included is a new $25 fee on bicycles sold for at least $500.
The plan was introduced Wednesday by Rep. Judy Clibborn, D-Mercer Island, who chairs the House Transportation Committee.
In addition to $1 billion for both the state and local governments to maintain infrastructure, the package would allocate about $3 billion to help fund new and existing road projects - although not the Alaskan Way Viaduct tunnel replacement in Seattle.
If all the projects are fully funded, House Democrats estimate the proposal would create 56,000 jobs.










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