Go Ahead, Tax Us,
We Need the Infrastructure.
By John Lattta, Tina Grady Barbaccia and Tom Anderson
A nother major transportation industry is prepared to support a hefty tax increase on itself to help provide the healthy infrastructure it must have.
Barge operators are prepared to accept a 30 to 45 percent increase in the diesel tax paid by barge and tow operators. A plan set to go before Congress calls for a six to nine cent addition to the 20-cent-per-gallon diesel tax now paid by barge operators. The American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association have both supported a diesel tax hike for the same reason – the new revenue would help provide better roads and less congestion.
