Taxes Could Increase to Pay for Wisconsin Road Projects

Tolls Roads Could Also Be Happening

MADISON, Wis.–Often lost in the debate over how to pay for roads in Wisconsin is what the proposed solutions would do to taxpayers’ pocketbooks.

Under a sweeping plan from Assembly Republicans, trips to the gas station would be pricier as income taxes drop.

If Gov. Scott Walker gets his way, taxpayers would pay indirectly through paying off $500 million more in debt. And major highway construction projects would be further delayed.

And there’s also momentum for instituting toll roads. While that wouldn’t happen anytime soon, if the federal government approves it, Wisconsin drivers could be forced to pay to drive on major interstates in the state a few years from now.