If you're fed up with traffic jams, clogged highways and bad bridges, relief is available. But you'll have to pay more at the pump. A bill before the Texas Legislature would hike the gasoline tax by a nickel a gallon. But more than motorists would benefit. We call it rush hour, often times without the rush.
Traffic grows like a virus in our cities with more people, more cars and more delays.
Farm to market roads also are falling apart in places. We just haven't kept pace with the pounding on the pavement. Our congestion since 1963 has grown four fold in this state. Congestion is a quality of life issue and we have a chance to do something about it, said Kip Averitt, Republican state representative of Waco. These two politicians want to do is pass house bill 3106.