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ine comDinauon oi a roaamaintenance fee and congestion tolls could create a stable, long-term funding sources capable of taking up the slack for the gasoline tax. Unfortunately, the level of political support for tolls, which many politicians regard as just another tax, is thin in Virginia. It may take another transportation funding "crisis" soon after the last one was putatively solved to persuade citizens that the current system isn't working.
Jim Bacon publishes the Bacon's Rebellion Web site and authors the column by the same name. Raised in Washington, D.C., and Norfolk, he attended the University of Virginia and has spent virtually his entire adult life in the Old Dominion. He now lives in Richmond.
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