Transportation

Voters OK City Of Coburg's Increased Fuel Tax To Boost Roadwork

KLCC | By Brian Bull

Published November 5, 2019 at 10:50 PM PST

The City of Coburg will increase its fuel tax from three cents to six cents per gallon.

Voters approved measure 20-303 in last nights’ special election. It’s projected to drive revenue up $90,000, which can only be used for improving or repairing Coburg’s streets, or retiring bonds purchased for road maintenance.

Commercial diesel sales are not affected by the measure. Officials are looking for other ways to improve roadways in the city, which sees regular trucking traffic.

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Brian Bull

Brian Bull is a part-time reporter for the KLCC News department, and first began working with the station in 2016. He's been a senior reporter with the Native American media organization Buffalo's Fire, and a journalism professor at the University of Oregon.

In his 30 years working as a public media journalist, Bull has worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (25 regional), the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from the Indigenous Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.

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