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October 01, 2014 When Wheeling has to fix its roads, the village can count on $14,096 per mile in motor fuel taxes disbursed by the state. North Barrington gets just $3,647 a mile. The towns are the two extremes among 73 suburbs analyzed by the Daily Herald. Funding swings widely among different towns because motor fuel tax revenue -- which comes from taxes drivers pay at the pump -- is distributed to towns by population, rather than taking into account road mileage. Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20141001/news/141009960/ |
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