MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – In a 6 to 3 vote, the Montgomery City Council approved a 3-cent local gasoline tax increase Tuesday evening, meaning the city portion of the gas tax will go from 7 cents to 10 cents per gallon.
It’s estimated the city will pocket an additional $3 million dollars a year, and all of it will go towards road infrastructure.
“I was happy because we have been carrying it over, but we want to make sure that it was earmarked to the right places because everybody’s talking about paving but we also want to do bridges, we also want to do street lights, so we had to make sure that we got what we wanted out of that gas tax,” said councilman Oronde Mitchell, who voted in favor.
While the majority of the council is pleased to see the increase passed, the opposition feels like it should be further limited in terms of how the money can be allocated.
“I was a little disappointed that we didn’t earmark it for strictly paving,” said councilman Glen Pruitt, who voted against the increase. “We are so far behind paving in this city that each council district needs every dollar it can get.”
Still, some council members are confident much of the money will be used on paving projects.
“You should still see some major paving in those high-volume areas like Atlanta Highway, Virginia Loop Road, so you’re going to see some paving in those streets that a lot of people travel,” Mitchell explained.
Mitchell says even with the increased tax, Montgomery gas prices will remain competitive and perhaps even cheaper than neighboring cities.
Local gasoline taxes are collected in addition to the state gas tax, which is 29 cents per gallon for non-diesel, and 30 cents per gallon for diesel.
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