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What should the state’s transportation priorities be?

Louisiana collects $630 million per year in federal highway dollars and 20-cents from each gallon of gasoline purchased for its own transportation fund. Louisiana’s current state budget siphons $60 million from its Transportation Trust Fund to cover costs of the Louisiana State Police. In the next 30 years, Louisiana's economic health and quality of life may be at risk because of transportation funding challenges. What should the state’s transportation priorities be? Where are the sources for funding? Is it time for a new funding stream at both the state and federal level? Louisiana Public Square looks for answers on “Down the Road: Our Transportation Future” Wednesday, August 27 at 7 p.m. on LPB HD. (Record date: Tuesday, August 26.)

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* 1. How important do you think the state’s transportation infrastructure – things such as roads, bridges, railroads, and public transportation – is for Louisiana’s economic prosperity?

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* 2. How important do you think the state’s transportation infrastructure – things such as roads, bridges, railroads, and public transportation – is for the quality of life of the residents of Louisiana?

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* 3. How would you rate the overall quality of Louisiana’s roads and bridges?

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* 4. Over the last few years, would you say the overall quality of Louisiana’s roads and bridges has improved, grown worse, or stayed about the same?

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* 5. To the best of your knowledge, where does Louisiana currently get the majority of its annual highway funding?

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* 6. When deciding how to spend money for transportation projects in Louisiana how important of a priority should building new highways and adding new highway lanes be?

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* 7. When deciding how to spend money for transportation projects in Louisiana how important of a priority should maintaining the highways and bridges we already have be?

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* 8. When deciding how to spend money for transportation projects in Louisiana how important of a priority should expanding passenger rail service and public transportation options be?

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* 9. Motorists in Louisiana pay 38.4 cents in taxes per gallon of gasoline. The national average is 48.7 cents-per-gallon. Do you or approve or disapprove of raising the gas tax to pay for transportation projects in Louisiana?

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* 10. Do you approve or disapprove of establishing tolls on some highways and bridges to pay for transportation projects in Louisiana?

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* 11. If your area built a new toll lane or road and using it would save you a significant amount of time, would you use it?

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* 12. Do you approve or disapprove of increasing automobile license and truck registration fees to pay for transportation projects in Louisiana?

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* 13. Do you approve or disapprove of reducing state expenditures in other areas, such as health care and higher education, to pay for transportation projects in Louisiana?

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* 14. Have you ever happened to hear of the Louisiana Statewide Transportation Plan?

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