Gas Prices At The Dock

[Gerry Zagorski]

As mentioned above, I think it's mostly about when they took their last delivery of fuel and what price they paid for it. That and what everyone else is selling their fuel for in their area.

The thing I really have an issue with is why we all have to pay the road tax that is baked into the price of the fuel we purchase for use on the water.

Here is a Boat US article on this subject http://www.boatus.com/news/gastax.htm

It seems we in NJ (the poster child for some of the highest taxes in the country) can not file to get those taxes back but in states like Delaware you can.... Now supposedly the tax money collected for fuel bought on the water is put back into supporting the boating community like pump out stations, marina improvements, regulation enforcement and the like, but not sure we are seeing the benefits. Point in case we have a documented shoaling problem at the Leonardo State marina entrance. At low tide we have maybe 18 inches of water. Been this way going on 3 years now.... We talk to the state and the Feds (Army Corp of Engineers) and nothing gets done. With all the monies collected, it should not be a funding issue, right?

I for one would like to see where all that money goes and think we have a right to know.