Gov.'s Budget Plan Does Not Restore Highway User Fees

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Jan. 27, 2011

Despite pleas from 157 Maryland cities and towns, Governor Martin O'Malley’s proposed fiscal year 2012 budget included no additional Highway User Revenue and Police Aid funding for hard-hit municipalities.
Municipal leaders had called on the governor to restore full funding for municipal Highway User Revenues and Police Aid in his proposal.

Most municipalities lost 82% of their total state aid in the FY 2011 budget, and the FY 2012 budget proposal maintains the same funding amounts.

Since 2008, Highway User Revenues for municipalities have been reduced by 95% and Police Aid has been reduced by 35%. Highway User Revenue is funded through the gas tax and other transportation-related fees and is designed to be returned to Maryland communities for ongoing transportation related projects such as road repair, street maintenance, and snow removal.

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