Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) has proposed raising the state’s gas tax by 4¢ to address looming highway and bridge maintenance funding shortfalls.
Expected to generate as much as $1 billion over the next four years, the revenue will also help to support a $3.7-billion statewide passenger rail expansion plan announced in December that includes constructing a new bridge over the Potomac River and nearly 40 miles of new track improvements.
