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GAS TAX GOING UP 2.8 CENTS A GALLON
Friday’s tax hike at the pump will help fund 120 Bypass work, other projects
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Photo by WAYNE THALLANDER Recent pump prices at the South Main Chevron station in Manteca.
California’s gas tax is going up 2.8 cents per gallon on Friday. The same 2.8 cent tax hike per gallon starting July 1 that will cost drivers 42 cents every time they pump 15 gallons into their vehicle, is the linchpin component for funding the $151 million upgrades planned in three phases as part of the 120 Bypass/Highway 99 interchange upgrades. It also involves demolishing and replacing the Austin Road freeway overcrossing.