The continuing incline of diesel prices are raising some concerns for Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority officials.
“We’re not going to end up with a lot of money at the end of this year,” said Tom Dugan, CARTA’s executive director, said today during the board’s monthly board meeting.
Mr. Dugan handed out a graphic showing that the cost of fuel has been on a steady rise for the majority of a year. For example, CARTA paid about an average of $1.50 per gallon for diesel this time last year and is now paying about $2.05, records show.
The transportation authority will start its budgeting next month and will include those rising costs, Mr. Dugan said.
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Cliff has worked for the Times Free Press for five years and covers Chattanooga city government. He previously covered Rhea County, as well as transportation and growth and development in Southeast Tennessee. A native of Maryville, Tenn., Cliff graduated in 2003 from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in communications with an emphasis on journalism. Before coming to Chattanooga, he was a crime reporter with Hernando Today, a supplement of The Tampa (Fla.) ...
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