The Oregon Trucking Association has come out in full support of Governor Tina Kotek’s funding proposals to salvage the state’s cash-strapped Department of Transportation (ODOT).

At a public hearing on Monday, the Trucking Association urged lawmakers to stop playing politics and support the Governor’s funding package.

Governor Proposes an Increases in the Cost of Gasoline

Kotek will ask lawmakers to approve a six-cent-per-gallon increase to the current 40-cent gas tax, a levy on electric vehicle owners, increased registration and title fees, and a doubling of the state payroll tax from 0.1% to 0.2%.

If the governor’s proposal is adopted when lawmakers meet for a special session on Friday, it will raise nearly $6 billion over the next decade to upgrade the existing transportation network

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