Locke also is proposing a 2 percent auto sales tax surcharge and a 50 percent surcharge on trucking fees. The gas tax increase would start with a 4-cent rise in January and add 3 cents more in 2004. The state's highways are jammed, the ferry fleet is aging, transit systems are pinched and truckers are struggling to get their goods to market on time, he said. State lawmakers are in the middle of a four-week special session and are considering transportation issues. Locke said voters should get the last word on any major tax increases.
Nobody likes to pay more for gas, and it keeps going up.