Originally Posted by AzNMpower32

I've known this for quite awhile, but finally an editorial piece that recognises the problem with keeping the motor fuels tax artificially low in my new home state. The roads are rubbish in the Upstate and I'm getting very tired of rumbling along all the broken roads and picking up nails in my tires.

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20120911/OPINION/309110006/Roads-shouldn-t-worst-U-S-?odyssey=nav|head

Everywhere I've lived, I've done my small part to make small improvements- I've chatted with DOT folks in NC, VA, and SC and gotten things done. Had a long talk with the local SCDOT engineer about the signals at a catastrophic interchange, and both of us agreed that the whole thing needed redesign. Surprise, surprise: "We know this too, we've long wanted a new interchange at the interstate. But we just don't the funding or resources to do anything."

That's why I often buy my fuel across the border, in NC. I don't mind paying more- at least my money's going somewhere where it's making a difference. Not thrown into a bankrupt fund that ain't going anywhere. Given the volume of cars today, $0,04/litre or $0,16/US gallon just doesn't cut it especially when it hasn't been adjusted for 20 years. Roads don't pay for themselves folks.......cheap petrol is nice but long-term it costs everyone.