Gas tax surcharge as a local option set for review

BOSTON – A lawmaker from the Berkshires wants Massachusetts cities and towns to be able to decide for themselves whether to tack a surtax on to motor fuel sales to pay for improving the poor state of roads and bridges in their communities. On Tuesday, his proposal will take center stage at a public hearing on Beacon Hill. Under the proposal from state Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli, a Lenox Democrat, cities and towns would be able to impose as much as a 3-cents-a-gallon surtax on gasoline

BOSTON – A lawmaker from the Berkshires wants Massachusetts cities and towns to be able to decide for themselves whether to tack a surtax on to motor fuel sales to pay for improving the poor state of roads and bridges in their communities. On Tuesday, his proposal will take center stage at a public hearing on Beacon Hill. Under the proposal from state Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli, a Lenox Democrat, cities and towns would be able to impose as much as a 3-cents-a-gallon surtax on gasoline or…