On Aug. 25, Reason Foundation released a study asking whether state governments should consider long-term P3 leases of their existing toll roads, as five governments (including the state governments in Indiana and Chicago) did over a decade ago.

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The Michigan Senate voted on Tuesday to require that a study be done to examine the possibility of collecting tolls along the state's highways, as lawmakers consider ways to boost spending on deteriorating infrastructure.

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In signing his first biennial budget on Wednesday, Gov. Tony Evers tossed out a number of GOP-sponsored infrastructure provisions, including a bridge project in the district of a key Republican lawmaker and rules that would make it easier for gravel quarries to operate in Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin Republicans are eyeing a $10 increase in the state's $75 vehicle-registration fee as part of a mix of ways to pay for roads in the state without raising the gas tax, Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said on Wednesday.

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More than 60% of Wisconsinites think the state does not put aside enough money to maintain roads in their current condition, according to a recent survey by the American Automobile Association.

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The short-term solution for better Wisconsin roads is a modest increase in the gas tax, which hasn't been raised in more than a decade.

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A recently assembled transportation task force set itself on a crash course this week with Republicans in the state Legislature over road spending.

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Republican legislative leaders are advocating again for tolls to help fund Wisconsin road repairs.

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Gov. Scott Walker, seeking to become only the second governor in Wisconsin history elected to a third term, and the Democrat Tony Evers, the state superintendent, meet on Friday night for the first of two debates. Walker and Evers are locked in a tight battle for governor with the election just over two weeks away.

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If you want good roads, you have to pay for them.

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