NASHVILLE – More Tennesseans back Gov. Bill Haslam’s plan to raise fuel taxes for roads than oppose it but an estimated one third of registered voters say in a new Middle Tennessee State University survey that they remain on the fence.
Thirty-eight percent of the 600 voters surveyed said they support the Republican governor’s proposal to raise gas and diesel taxes for transportation.
Twenty-eight percent were opposed. Even more – 33 percent – said they were undecided.
The MTSU survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent.
It was released today at the Tennessee Press Association’s winter meeting in Nashville.
The findings come as Haslam’s legislation faces its first test this morning in the House Transportation Subcommittee.