As of January 1, 2025, Minnesota raised it's fuel tax from 28.5 cents per gallon to 31.8 cents per gallon. Minnesota sells on average 2.2 Billion gallons of gasoline per year. As one of the most commercially traveled to states or "POD's" point of destination, Minnesota is an "end" point for most OTR drivers, meaning they fuel here once they drop their payload. Minnesota is also one of the top "POO" point of origin" states for OTR, due to our high level of company headquaters located within the state. Both of these factors combined make Minnesota one of the top consumers of petroleum in the country following, California, Texas, and Florida. The net income for the state from this increase is expected to be 700 million dollars, up from 624 million the year before. This is nothing compared to the 18 billion dollars surplus the government lost, but to give you an idea of what this funds. This revenue could fund roughly 25 state of the art rural birth centers and 4 metropolitan hospitals. The increase was said to pay for highways, however, Minnesota received nearly 50 billion for roads from Biden's IIJA (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) bill passed in 2022 for 1.2 Trillion dollars. Which is more than enough to cover the cost of reconstruction of roads through 2026.