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Special vehicle fee proposed to help fix Omaha streets

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two council members are proposing a special vehicle registration fee to help fix and maintain crumbling streets in Omaha.

The Omaha World-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1PPHwu8 ) that Councilmen Franklin Thompson and Chris Jerram want the measure submitted to voters. If voters were to approve it, the fee would begin in 2017 and end in 2023.

Thompson and Jerram call the fee a special street resurfacing assessment. They say it would vary for vehicle types and would rise yearly. For a passenger vehicle, owners would pay $7 a year in 2017 and pay $24 by 2019.

Local experts have estimated that Omaha must spend about $20 million more a year to keep its streets in good shape.

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Information from: Omaha World-Herald, http://www.omaha.com

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