Real Estate Acquisition Division

Statement of Function
The purpose of the Secondary Road Construction fund is the segregation of funds generated by the local option 6-cent gas tax administered by the State. The local option fuel tax proceeds, per State law, may only be used for transportation expenditures. By definition, this means public transportation operations and maintenance, roadway and right-of-way maintenance and drainage, bridge maintenance and operation, traffic engineering and signalization, street lighting and construction or reconstruction of roads.