Poll: Wyoming taxpayers prefer Interstate 80 toll over gas tax to repair roads
CHEYENNE -- Wyoming's Interstate 80 is in such sorry shape that it will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to fix the east-west artery.
But so far state policy makers have been unable to reach an agreement on how to pay for it, whether through a toll road, a fuel tax increase or some other money source.
A recent Star Tribune poll found that 49 percent of Wyoming voters support a toll on out-of-state trucks to pay for repair and maintenance, while 35 percent are opposed and 16 percent are undecided.
The toll road for nonresident trucks has more support with the Democrats, 69 percent, than with Republicans, 41 percent, or independents, 43 percent in support.
On the question of whether they would support or oppose an increase in the state fuel tax, 59 percent of Wyoming voters are opposed, 29 percent support it and 12 percent are undecided, according to the poll.
The fuel tax increase had more support from Democrats, 43 percent, than Republicans or independents, 24 percent each.
The poll was conducted last week for the Star-Tribune by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., based in Washington, D.C. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent.
CHEYENNE -- Wyoming's Interstate 80 is in such sorry shape that it will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to fix the east-west artery.
But so far state policy makers have been unable to reach an agreement on how to pay for it, whether through a toll road, a fuel tax increase or some other money source.
A recent Star Tribune poll found that 49 percent of Wyoming voters support a toll on out-of-state trucks to pay for repair and maintenance, while 35 percent are opposed and 16 percent are undecided.
The toll road for nonresident trucks has more support with the Democrats, 69 percent, than with Republicans, 41 percent, or independents, 43 percent in support.
On the question of whether they would support or oppose an increase in the state fuel tax, 59 percent of Wyoming voters are opposed, 29 percent support it and 12 percent are undecided, according to the poll.
The fuel tax increase had more support from Democrats, 43 percent, than Republicans or independents, 24 percent each.
The poll was conducted last week for the Star-Tribune by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., based in Washington, D.C. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent.
