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Roads do cost a lot, not just to build but to maintain, especially in cold climate and obviously more if they're wider. American suburban roads are typically 3 times wider than their European counterparts, which I do find a bit weird, you guy don't have driveways and garages to park your cars?

Back in the days, the heaviest vehicles was the trolleys and occupationally freight trains running along main street. Since they ran on rails, there was much less wear and tear to the road infrastructure.

While I don't have the exact numbers, it is plausible that roads alone do eat up most of the taxes. And the amount of corruption within the construction industry is no secret either.