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It really depends on the road in question. I've absolutely voted for city bond projects paid for by property taxes which paid to redo intersections and sections of roads maintained by the city. There are county roads which are maintained by the county which gets most of its funding from property taxes, sales taxes, and vehicle registration taxes. Sure, some funding for some of these projects also come from the state's budgets which is often backed by gas taxes, some funding is from federal sources often by gas taxes, but some of it does come from my property taxes.

Then there are state roads, which are almost entirely funded from state and federal (gas) taxes, and federal roads which are almost exclusively funded from gas taxes.

On an average day the roads I personally drive on are probably at least 50% funded from property and sales taxes paid by my neighbors and me. Most of my miles driven are almost exclusively on streets managed by my city. For my neighbors commuting deeper into the city driving on a US highway, its probably closer to 5-10% coming from property and sales taxes.




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