Sunday is your last chance to buy gas before stations add 19-cent tax
Good vibes prevailed in Springfield as Gov. J.B. Prizker signed a $45 billion infrastructure bill last week, but not so much at the Shell station at York and Irving Park roads in Bensenville.
"I don't like it, we already pay enough in gas," said Rehma Bokhari of Des Plaines when asked about a 19-cent gas tax increase going into effect Monday. "I just filled up for $27 and it's going to last three days, probably. They're not fixing the roads; it's just getting worse and worse."
"I'm not happy about it, but I don't know if there's anything I can do," Naperville driver Kae Yoon said.
Lawmakers in June passed a capital bill that raises the state gas tax from 19 to 38 cents a gallon Monday, hikes license registration fees from $101 to $151 along with other new fees Jan. 1, and authorizes the collar counties to raise fuel taxes up to another 8 cents a gallon.
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(Arlington Heights Daily Herald)
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