The Minnesota Transportation Alliance has long advocated for additional tools that Minnesota’s local governments could use to address their unmet road, bridge, and transit funding needs. In particular, recent efforts have focused on three specific funding tools: 1) the $10/vehicle County Wheelage Tax; 2) the local option half-cent dedicated sales tax; and 3) the $20/vehicle excise tax. Along with our partners, the Alliance’s efforts have been successful in securing legislation granting authority to Minnesota’s counties to adopt these local option taxes.
The attached report below details each of these funding options, providing background information, current law provisions, and estimated projections of potential revenues that might be realized for each of Minnesota’s 87 counties if they were to adopt these taxes.