http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/nyregion/new-jersey-gas-tax-23-cents.html 2016-09-30 23:56:07 New Jersey’s Low Gas Tax to Rise 23¢ Under Deal Gov. Chris Christie said the agreement would also trim the sales tax rate and phase out the estate tax. === New Jersey Gov. Mr. Christie, a Republican, said the sales tax rate would decrease next year to 6.875 percent, from 7 percent, and then in 2018 to 6.625 percent. Mr. Christie made the announcement in the Statehouse, flanked by the State Senate president, Stephen M. Sweeney, and the State Assembly speaker, Vincent Prieto, both Democrats. Mr. Christie said the gas tax would pay for an eight-year, $32 billion reauthorization of the state’s Transportation Trust Fund. He said that “$32 billion will be invested in infrastructure and improvements and modernizations in the state of New Jersey over the next eight years.”