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October 2014 Newsletter Volume 96, Number 20 October 2014 www.asce-pgh.org Double! The best indicator of the cost of maintenance and construction or America’s surface transportation system may be the Construction Cost Index (CCI) of the Engineering News- Record. Standing at 9870.12 in September, 2014, it is about double its value in 1993. In 1993, Congress added 4.3 cents a gallon to the gasoline tax, with the added revenue dedicated to deficit reduction. With the addition of the 0.1-cent-a-gallon levy to fund the leaking underground storage tank trust fund the federal tax rose to 18.4 cents a gallon. Snake Eyes The federal Motor Fuel User Fee still stands at only 18.4 cents per gallon today. Since 1997, the full federal gasoline tax has gone to the Highway Trust Fund. To prevent the Highway Trust fund from running out of money, Congress extended its life until May, 2015, through what some consider to be ‘gimmicks’. See previous issues of this newsletter at www.asce-pgh.org > News & Events > Newsletters. The federal government has been taxing our fuel for 82 years. From the beginning, the money was going to things other than roads and bridges. Most Americans favor an increase in the federal motor fuel user fee to adjust for inflation and increased costs from delayed maintenance and construction if the money is actually used to pay to build and maintain our surface transportation system. Many of those Americans oppose an increase because of their distrust of the public policy makers, believing they will vote to use it elsewhere. The image of ‘snake eyes’ above resembles a pair of eyes, which is appended to the term 'snake' because of the long-standing association of this word with treachery and betrayal. Because it is the lowest possible roll of the dice, and will often be a loser in many dice games, the term is a reference to bad luck. So, what kind of luck will Americans have in the next 9 months? Will your Congressman vote to restore your trust in the Federal government and adjust the user fees we pay to build and maintain our surface transportation system for inflation double plus the added cost of deferred action? Will your Congressman vote to ensure that the user fees you pay are used to build and maintain your transportation system? How will you vote? Every Congressman is a candidate for re-election on November 4. Your vote is one of an estimated 200,000 construction industry votes in Western Pennsylvania. Your vote counts! A photo of your Congressman is at the bottom of the first page of the May issue of this newsletter. All the candidates in the November 2014 General Election are listed on page 5. The winners in the 2012 General Election and their margins of victory are shown In the December 2012 issue of this newsletter, on the Section website, above. 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