In order to keep several Michigan road construction projects on track and secure federal match money for road improvements, two state lawmakers proposed a bill to raise the fuel tax. Republican Representative Richard Ball and Democratic Representative Pam Byrnes sponsored a new fuel bill that would increase the tax on gasoline from 19 cents per gallon to 23 cents per gallon this year and to 27 cents in 2013. It's a similar hike for diesel, which would jump from 15 cents per gallon to 21 cents per gallon this year to 27 cents in 2013. It's estimated the measures would raise $480 million a year once fully implemented. But as 9&10's Kalee Iacoangeli and photojournalist Jordan Nagel report, a trucking company in Reed City and several drivers want lawmakers to put the brakes on this new fuel tax hike.
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