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According to the Federal Highway Administration, the state of Rhode Island is responsible for the maintenance of 12,741 lane miles of highway. In order to do this, the state charges a tax of 34 cents per gallon of gasoline, which brought in about $152M in 2018. By contrast, New Hampshire maintains about 36,000 lane miles of highway, charges 23 cents per gallon of gasoline, and brought in only $124M. So, a lot less money to maintain nearly three times more highway for about 40% more people. Yet, miraculously, you could eat off most NH highways while you have trouble even driving on many of RI's highways. The Point: More revenue doe not, in any way, equate to better maintained highways or better government services in ANY form. Now, can we talk about revenue generated by RI's state income and sales taxes that most Ocean Staters forget they even pay?
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