Akron residents should see road conditions improve with a boost of more than $3.3 million from the state gas tax increase approved by Ohio lawmakers.

The city will receive an additional $3.3 million — a 62 percent increase in its gas tax share — to nearly $8.7 million in 2020, followed by a slight jump to nearly $8.9 million the following year, according to figures released Thursday by the Ohio Department of Transportation.

Gov. Mike DeWine signed the two-year state transportation budget Wednesday to increase the gas tax by 10.5 cents per gallon to 38.5 cents and the diesel tax by 19 cents to 47 cents per gallon effective July 1 to fund state and local highway and street improvements.

“We welcome the additional funding to support our efforts to invest in Akron’s infrastructure,” Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan said in a prepared statement. “I am developing a plan to use the additional gas tax revenue to improve our city streets and invest these transportation funds where they are needed most.”

A budget provision awarded 45 percent of the revenue from the newly increased taxes to local governments, which still will retain a 40 percent share of the revenue raised by the current gas and diesel tax rates. The state keeps 60 percent of the current fuel taxes.

Statewide, local government highway funding will increase by $366 million (or 56 percent) to slightly more than $1 billion in 2020.

Other cities, townships and villages in Summit County will also benefit from additional funding, with most receiving increases from 2020 figures without the increase to 2020 estimates with the increase in the roughly 60 percent range.

Those include Barberton ($474,000), Cuyahoga Falls ($1 million), Green ($762,000), Hudson ($502,000), Stow ($747,00), Tallmadge ($440,000) and Twinsburg city ($441,000).

All counties receive the same amount, with the higher fuel tax increasing the share for Summit and other counties by $1.5 million or 63 percent to $4 million each.

Cuyahoga Falls’ share of gas tax revenue will jump from more than $1.6 million to nearly $2.7 million, a 62 percent increase.

“It would positively impact our roads and infrastructure here,” said Kelli Crawford-Smith, director of Cuyahoga Falls’ Neighborhood Excellence, Communications and Community Outreach Department. “Obviously with aging infrastructure, this would give us more financial capability to address those issues.”

Barberton’s share of the gas tax revenue will be bumped up to $1.2 million from $758,000.

Barberton Mayor Bill Judge said driving on Northeast Ohio roads is a “never-ending cycle of smooth streets, potholes, orange barrels and smooth streets.”

“Obviously, an increase in money that’s used for our streets is definitely an added plus,” he said. “For Barberton, we’ve done an amazing job on resurfacing our streets and our infrastructure, so this will just be more money that we can do more streets faster.”

Judge said although “no one wants to tax any additional money,” he thinks “this may be one of the fairest ways,” adding that options like public transportation or taxis allow people to avoid buying gasoline and directly paying the tax.

“I think it was a good compromise between what the governor wanted and what was able to be passed,” he said.

Hudson’s share of the gas tax revenue will rise to $1.3 million from $803,000.

Hudson communications manager Jody Roberts said over the last few years, Hudson City Council has put an increased emphasis on improving the city’s roads, with the city spending $3.1 million on roads in 2018.

"Our roads are in good shape, but we're trying to get them in better shape, so this is a positive thing for us,” she said of Hudson’s share of the gas tax increase. "This will just be an additional amount that will help us improve the quality of our roads throughout the city.”

Tallmadge’s share of gas tax revenue will jump from $703,000 to more than $1.1 million.

Tallmadge Mayor Dave Kline said the city’s current street maintenance budget is nearly $800,000, and city officials will "most definitely" add the additional revenue to what they already budget.

"We take very much pride in our roads, we have pretty good roads, but they need to have some better attention, and this money will definitely go towards doing some of that."

All told, the tax increases and additional registration fees of $200 on electric vehicles and $100 on gas-electric hybrids will raise $865 million more a year, with the state keeping about $500 million.

The transportation budget also more than doubles state funding for public transit, increasing it from $33 million per year to $70 million.

Columbus Dispatch reporter Randy Ludlow and GateHouse Media Ohio reporter Jeff Saunders contributed to this article. Contact Emily Mills at 330-996-3334, emills@thebeaconjournal.com or @EmilyMills818.