Right now in North Carolina, sales tax revenue generated from the use of our highways gets diverted to the state’s “General Fund” instead of helping maintain and improve our roads and bridges. That means the money from transportation doesn’t go back into transportation, it goes into the state’s biggest pot of money, where it can be spent on anything and everything.
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More specifically, sales tax revenues from purchases at auto parts stores and from car repairs generated $470 million in 2020. Instead of helping pay for transportation projects that make our roads safer and less congested, the money went to the “General Fund” – funding other, unrelated state projects.
One common-sense way we can improve transportation and shake loose the state’s growing backlog of infrastructure projects? Stop the transfer. We encourage legislators to dedicate a portion of sales and use tax revenues to address our transportation needs.
A plurality of North Carolina voters agree that sales tax revenue from the sale of auto parts and services should go to the Highways Funds to help maintain and improve our roads and bridges.