Update on Missouri gas tax benefits and other information

Missouri Department of Transportation recently released information on the benefits of the current state motor fuels tax and other financial information related to roads and bridges.

• Each additional cent of state fuel tax collected by Missouri Department of Revenue results in approximately $27.8 million for MoDOT and $11.8 million for cities and counties.

The breakdown is 3.3 cents for cities; 2.75 cents for counties; 15.95 cents for MoDOT.

As of July 1, the state's motor fuels tax is 22 cents per gallon.

• Cost to resurface one lane of a major Missouri highway is $230,000 per mile; cost to resurface one lane of a minor state highway is $37,000 per mile; cost to resurface one lane of an interstate highway within Missouri boundaries is $260,000 per mile.
• Annual snow removal costs on state roads and bridges: $50 million.
• Litter pickup cost (five-year average): $6.2 million.
• Mowing cost (five-year average): $21.6 million.
• Missouri ranks No. 48 in the nation in revenue per mile for roads.
• Missouri has 10,387 bridges and culverts.
• Number of major bridges, with spans of at least 1,000 feet: 204.

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An app called NoMoGasTax is now available for a fee to help Missourians who buy gasoline in the state get their legislatively-promised motor fuels tax reimbursement. At present, the app may be used on an iPhone or iPad with a stated cost of $4.99.Submitted

Tammi Hilton of St. Louis, with the help of state Department of Revenue staff, has created a fee-based app called NoMoGasTax, usable on some devices, to help state residents more easily track receipts necessary to obtain a gas tax reimbursement.

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