Big Island faces possible gas tax hike
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Big Island faces possible gas tax hike
By Associated Press
(Hilo-AP) -- Big Island motorists would pay even more for gas under a proposal from Mayor Harry Kim.
Kim wants to boost the gas tax by six cents a gallon. The county currently pays eight-point-eight cents a gallon.
The increase would put the Big Island more in line with other counties.
Honolulu drivers pay a gas tax of 16-point-five cents a gallon. In Maui County, the rate is 18 cents, and Kauai County charges 13 cents.
In addition, the state imposes a 16-cents-a-gallon gas tax.
Kim says the increase would raise another five-point-one (m) million dollars a year for the county highway fund. And it would bring in one-point-six (m) million dollars annually for expanded bus service."
Big Island faces possible gas tax hike
By Associated Press
(Hilo-AP) -- Big Island motorists would pay even more for gas under a proposal from Mayor Harry Kim.
Kim wants to boost the gas tax by six cents a gallon. The county currently pays eight-point-eight cents a gallon.
The increase would put the Big Island more in line with other counties.
Honolulu drivers pay a gas tax of 16-point-five cents a gallon. In Maui County, the rate is 18 cents, and Kauai County charges 13 cents.
In addition, the state imposes a 16-cents-a-gallon gas tax.
Kim says the increase would raise another five-point-one (m) million dollars a year for the county highway fund. And it would bring in one-point-six (m) million dollars annually for expanded bus service."
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