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Does Louisiana really spend just 11 percent of its gasoline tax revenue on roads?

Source: nola.com - Aug 16, 2017

BATON ROUGE -- The number reappears in Louisiana's transportation debate over and over: 11 percent. Tax hike critics, Republican officials and conservative organizations say that's the portion of state gasoline tax revenue spent on actual road and bridge work, and they used the argument to defeat a proposed gas tax increase this year.

Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration says that number is a myth, nowhere close to the financial reality of the spending in the Department of Transportation and Development. "The 11 percent deceives people, and it creates this perception that there's waste and abuse," said Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson.

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