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DiNapoli: Highway fund tapped out by other uses
It was created in 1991 as a "lockbox" to assure that highway and motor vehicle taxes were used for pay-as-you-go improvements to the state's deteriorating highways and bridges.
Instead, almost two-thirds of the money put into the state's Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund has been spent on other things, including debt service and general operations at the Department of Transportation,...
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