In a rare instance of reason prevailing, the finance committee of the Winston-Salem City Council dropped the proposed $15 increase on automobile fees to help generate funding for road repairs within a budget that always proposes a tax increase:
The higher fee of up to $30 per motor vehicle had been suggested as a way to generate another $2 million in revenue that would be designated for repaving and repairing roads.
While there seemed to be consensus that city roads need help, council members said that the higher motor-vehicle fee was not the best way to get the money — in part because of complicated rules that would push some of the increase into spending on public transit and sidewalks, and not potholes.
Still up for debate before the budget is slated to pass later this month is the termination WSTA route 100 due to low ridership. Accoding to the Winston-Salem Journal, “most on the council seemed inclined to at least give the route six months to see if it can prove its worth.”
