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Panich52

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4. If you think gas tax pays to fix roads, you're wrong.

Reply to Travis_0004 (Reply #2)

Wed May 27, 2015, 10:22 PM

May 2015

If that was true, why did Corbett raise PennDOT fees, which out-of-state fracking vehicles don't pay, and other fees to cover road maintainence? RiverLover points out how rural roads are not built for heavy truck traffic. West Virginia roads are in the same state, for the same reason. PA isn't quite as high on the 'bad roads' list, but it's getting there -- and fracking trucks have a lot to do with it.

Think it's a joke that PA state critter is orange traffic barrel? Count on them showing up more often on rural roads.

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PA's Drilling tax proposal sparks blowback [View all] Panich52 May 2015 OP

No surprise.... AuntPatsy May 2015 #1

How do Frackers get a free ride on infracture? Travis_0004 May 2015 #2

Unbelievable. The rural roads the frackers destroy are not constructed for heavy truck use. RiverLover May 2015 #3

If you think gas tax pays to fix roads, you're wrong. Panich52 May 2015 #4