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New Jersey’s Gas Tax Could Soon Rise, and EV Owners May Have to Pay a Fee
“Climate change is killing us,” said one lawmaker of the electric vehicle fee. “We don’t need hurdles; we need to make it as easy as possible.”
DAVID MATTHAU / WHYY – The New Jersey legislature wants to increase the state gas tax by 1.9 cents per gallon annually for the next five years.
Lawmakers approved the measure Monday. The money raised, approximately $10 billion, will go to fund the state Transportation Trust Fund, which pays for all transportation projects in the Garden State …
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