Fees based on miles driven decades away, but pilot program coming
“After the meeting, he said the project could be put together as soon as next spring using federal research funds. Participants would likely self-report their travel over a year rather than use costly electronic monitoring, Braceras said. There probably wouldn’t be a financial incentive involved, he said, even though a pilot program with a $4 million price tag already underway in Oregon provides refunds of gas taxes paid when they exceed the 1.5 cent per-mile fee. Sen. Wayne Harper, R-Taylorsville, co-chairman of the two-year task force, said he’d like to see the Utah project underway after the 2018 Legislature sets parameters.”
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