The Omaha guide., 1957-01-04

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merits of each highway with re-
lation to each other. This the
State of Nebraska has and 1t is
known as the Sufficiency Rating
which takes in the following fac
tors: condition, economic factors,
such as the remaining life and
maintaince cost, safety and SER
vice such as surface width, sight
distance, alignment, passing op-
portunity, surface adequacy and
consistency. It is my belief that
can stat. without contradiction
that there are no longer political
highways being built in the state
Of Nebraska. (3) We must have
Sufficient state revenue in order
that our highway departments
may take advantage of all FEEDER
al appropriations made available
to the state. Now if there be any
deficiencies in this, and | am quite
sure there is. then it is in the
manner of distribution Of High
ways Users Fees made available
to the state.
For those OF you not too fam
liar with the manner and alloca-
ton Of Highway Users Revenues
collected in Nebraska which are
sos State Gasoline Tax and the
Registration Fees collected on
motor vehicles, the following is
the distribution made among the
state, counties and cities. From
each S.O6 tax on gasoline the
State Highway Department re-
ceives for construction after adj
ministration costs are deducted,
S.03Iz of the total; the counties
and cities receive S.02iz or ap-
proximately 42es Of the total gas
oline tax. the 42es Of the gas tax
TO the counties and cities which
we are speaking of is the total
tax paid by residents of the en-
tire state regardless of the county
of residence. the total amount is
then distributed under a formula
established by the legislature. OF
the registration fees the state re-
ceives for highway purposes 40%
Of the total and the counties and
cities COZ.
In the past few months I am
quite sure that each Of you have
either read or heard of the Fed
eral Aid Highway Act of 1856
which was just recently passed by
congress and Is now law and did
among other things provide for
an additional Sol per gallon Fed
eral Gasoline Tax. making a total
$.03 per gallon Federal Tax on
Motor Fuels and in addition the
new act provides for additional
excise tax on batteries. tires and
so forth.
Now in facing our Highway
Problem believe II behooves
each Of US to acquaint ourselves
with the importance of the High
way Users Revenues we pay.
make this point, for the Federal
Taxes on gasoline and Excise
Tax that each Of US pay Is allo-
Gated to our state as Federal
Funds to be expended on High.
ways, and in the event certain re-
quirements are not met within a
given time, II is then possible that
the Federal Funds available to
the State Of Nebraska for the
state. county or city may be real
located to another state which
has sufficient state revenues to
match the added allocations. Al
above stated, the share Of FEEDER
al Allocations made to US is ori
ginal monies paid by you and / Al
residents Of this state and WI
should and must find some solu
| ton relative as TO matching then
with state revenues In order tina
the people Of Nebraska viii no
be building highways in sons
other state. All Of our Fedora
Aid monies appropriated to ou
state and subdivisions must b
matched with funds in the rafl,
except the Limited Interstat
Of 50as Federal and 50es State
Funds which we're previously al
located ON q 60% Federal AM
40e6 State and the new monte
alIocated, under the 1856 Fedora
Air Highway Act for the Inter
state System are on a D0ss FEEDER
al and 1o% for State or Cit
Routes.