With the nation’s second-largest network of state-maintained roads and one of the nation’s highest gasoline taxes, North Carolina is likely to look at long-term transportation funding challenges.
Gary Harris, executive director of N.C. Petroleum and Convenience Marketers, discussed those challenges and the history of the state gas tax during a presentation Monday to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.
In the video clip below, Harris responds to the announcement last week of Gov. Pat McCrory’s 25-year transportation plan.
Click here to watch the full 42:40 presentation.