新墨西哥州民调显示83%选民支持修路：运输部提议债券加燃油税供2027年立法会裁决
新墨西哥州议员10月30日在阿尔伯克基市重提一项修路筹资方案，试图解决该州长期存在的道路资金缺口问题。当天，代表沥青铺路行业组织的新墨西哥沥青路面协会的说客富兰克林·加西亚向州议会交通基础设施收入小组委员会提交了一份新民调。
这份由阿尔伯克基研究与民调公司进行的民调显示，83%的全州选民认为道路建设与维护应成为州领导人的优先事项，42%的受访者将本州路况评为差或很差。在筹资方式上选民意见并不一致，54%的人表示支持一项立法提案，即改变州政府征收汽车销售税的方式并把这笔钱用于修路。
目前，该州对汽车销售征收4%的税，扣除以旧换新价值后，其中约60%进入州一般基金，其余用于道路项目。民主党籍州参议员罗伯托·「鲍比」·冈萨雷斯上月在另一个临时立法委员会听证会上提出提案，大幅削减一般基金的份额，转而把这笔收入投入道路与交通项目。加西亚还引用了华盛顿交通研究非营利组织TRIP今年1月的报告，该报告认定新墨西哥州交通项目存在75亿美元资金缺口。这项提案能否在明年会期获得通过，仍取决于议员们能否就筹资方式达成一致。
来源：GSM·美国
Poll Shows 83 Percent of New Mexico Voters Back Road Repairs on October 30: Transportation Department Proposes Bonds Plus a Fuel Tax for the 2027 Legislature
New Mexico lawmakers revived a road funding proposal in Albuquerque on October 30, seeking to close the state's long-standing road funding gap. Franklin Garcia, a lobbyist for the Asphalt Pavement Association of New Mexico, presented a new poll to the legislature's Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommittee.
The poll, conducted by Albuquerque-based Research and Polling Inc., found 83 percent of voters statewide believe road construction and maintenance should be a top priority for state leaders, and 42 percent rated New Mexico's road conditions as poor or very poor. On how to pay, opinion was split: 54 percent said they would support a legislative proposal to redirect how the state collects the sales tax on car sales toward roads.
The state currently imposes a 4 percent tax on car sales, minus trade-in value, with about 60 percent going to the general fund and the rest to road projects. Democratic Senator Roberto "Bobby" Gonzales proposed last month at a different interim committee hearing to greatly reduce the general fund share and funnel the revenue into road and transportation projects. Garcia also cited a January report by the Washington-based transportation research nonprofit TRIP identifying a $7.5 billion funding shortfall for New Mexico transportation projects. Whether the proposal passes next session depends on lawmakers agreeing on a funding method.
Source: GSM America
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：新墨西哥州议会大厦（圣菲）。Ken Lund摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经Wikimedia Commons。 / New Mexico State Capitol in Santa Fe. Photo by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
