2 Ways Illinois Could Raise Money to Fix Roads

Illinois needs to spend $43 billion over the next 10 years to fix roads and update damaged infrastructure, says the Metropolitan Planning Council. That’s a pretty big bill, but the Council argues it could be worse if the state ignores it — and Illinois has already been lax in raising funds for transportation.

Illinois hasn’t raised the gas tax since 1991, which means there’s been less and less money coming in for infrastructure.

But Illinois is in the midst of a budget mess where everyone agrees taxes need to go up, and higher taxes are not a popular political move. Still, some ideas have been thrown around — here are two tax proposals to raise money for Illinois roads.

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