Bridging the gap: Taxpayers cover increasing cost of road maintenance – WCIA (Champaign)

The Effingham Cunty engineer said doubling the gas tax in 2019 created the first increase in road maintenance money from the state in about three decades; It was a 68% increase for counties and townships.On top of that, more than $1.2 million from Governor J.B. Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois plan is now available to Effingham County.

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