Transportation Trust Fund

If out-of-state drivers stop buying as much gas in New Jersey once the tax increases, it could push the hike above 23 cents. Lower sales would mean a higher tax.

As gas prices in New Jersey have stayed below $2.00 a gallon here in Ocean County for the better part of a year now, that trend looks like it's officially over.

Gas taxes in New Jersey will probably be 23 cents a gallon higher by this time next week. The governor and legislative leaders agreed to that as well as cuts in sales and estate taxes.

An assemblyman says the state should borrow $3.2 billion for two years of roadwork, then try again to hike the gas tax in 2018. Stop punting, say critics.

Roadwork shuttered will cost extra once it’s eventually restarted, and an Assembly panel says the state should pay for that, not municipalities and counties.

Gov. Chris Christie met separately this week with both of the Legislature’s top Democrats, as the impasse that has shuttered state-funded transportation construction enters its third month.

With the Legislature about to return to Trenton after the summer slowdown, a top Republican lawmaker who may run for governor is urging an ambitious agenda.

Christie has agreed to support an increase in the gas tax if it’s coupled with a decrease in some other tax.

This is Christie’s second executive order this summer dealing with the Transportation Trust Fund, which is set to run out of money at the end of this month.

Road work in New Jersey remains at a standstill until a funding plan is approved.