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November 2017 | EquipmentWorld.com 26 S tates continue to take the lead on road and bridge funding, with eight states to date in 2017 either raising gas taxes or ap- proving other funding. And once you factor in states that passed road funding during the past four years – 27 plus the District of Co- lumbia, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures – then state trailblazing becomes even more clear. In California, for example, Senate Bill 1 created the Road Mainte- nance and Rehabilitation Program, which included a 12-cents-per- gallon increase in the state's gas tax starting in November. The measure will fund "more than $52 billion in the next decade specifically for the maintenance and repair of the state highway system," says Rita Gerlach, bridge maintenance information manager bridge inventory | by Marcia Gruver Doyle | MGruver@randallreilly.com 2017 Better Roads BRIDGE INVENTORY Photo: Washington State DOT