The Virginia Senate approved a bill today that would raise the gas tax by a penny a gallon per year for five years:
RICHMOND, Feb. 15 — The Virginia state Senate voted today to approve a 5-cent increase in the gas tax over the next five years to raise additional money to maintain the state’s highways.
The Senate bill, approved 25 to 15, would increase the state’s 17.5-cent-a-gallon gas tax by a penny every year until 2014.
The bill now goes to the General Assembly, where a committee rejected a similar proposal several weeks ago.
