It's a way to let private company's help pay for badly needed, high dollar infrastructure.
Tennessee’s Department of Transportation (TDOT) said the state needs about $30 billion to build and maintain the state’s highways moving forward and the gas tax doesn't produce enough money to pay for it.
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This wouldn't affect me one bit. I rarely drive on roads with more than one lane in either direction anyway. I think I've been on a freeway twice this year.
I don't care for Billy Lee, but at least he's not raising the gas tax for the entire state to pay for some people to have a faster commute.
