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Local Share Highway
Costs Totals $61,000
Rappahannock County’s car owners are discovering that Uncle Sam’s glamorous 41,000-mile highway system, now under construction, is a more costly undertaking than they expected. They know, because they are paying for it along with the rest of the motoring public, through their purchases of gasoline, tires and other items. During the past year their contribution came to approximately $61,000, calculated on the basis of figures from the Bureau of Public Roads. The bulk of it was from the 4(5 that the government received on every gallon of gas. Not included in the tota 1 were the auto-use taxes collected by the state. The revenue was deposited in the Highway Trust Fund, which pays 90 percent of the cost of construction. The states foot the bill for the other 10 percent The annual cost, for the typi cal Rappahannock County driv er, who covers 10,000 miles a year and gets 14 miles to the gallon, is about $30, according to the government find ings. For those who travel more or less than this average the contributions are proportionately larger or small er. Transportation Secretary Man Boyd reports that the cost of the interstate highway system has climbed nearly 20 percent, or about $9 bill ion above the 1965 estimate. It is $15.5 billion greater than the 1961 figure. In part, the soaring costs are attributed to improved safety features that are being
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