Lawmakers want funds spent only on transportation

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ANNAPOLIS – Maryland lawmakers said Wednesday they couldn’t support an increased gasoline tax without guarantees that revenue would be used only to fix the state’s bridges and roads.

Nearly $1 billion was taken from Maryland’s Transportation Trust Fund to balance the budget between 2003 and 2011, according to the state’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation Funding.

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