HOGHOUSES TAKE TOLL ON GRAVEL ROADS

HOGHOUSES TAKE TOLL ON GRAVEL ROADS

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Submitted by clare@stormlake.com on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 9:32am

Tighter budget doesn’t allow upkeep of old

BY TOM CULLEN

For years county officials have complained there wasn’t enough money to maintain road systems.

That’s why the Iowa Legislature in 2015 approved a 10-cent hike in the gas tax. County Engineer Bret Wilkinson told The Storm Lake Times in May 2017 the tax generated an additional $730,000 in road-use tax revenue annually.

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