Gov. Scott McCallum Friday rejected the state transportation department's request to increase heavy truck and other fees, according to local media reports. The changes would've raised an additional $428 million for the state.

But the move Nov. 15 was described as largely symbolic. Gov.-elect Jim Doyle will craft the state's next budget, and the fate of the DOT request ultimately will be up to him.

WisDOT proposed raising state license plate fees from $45 to $90 to help fund a plan to rebuild southeastern Wisconsin freeways. The plan called for rebuilding the Marquette interchange - the crossroads of I-94, I-43 and I-794 in downtown Milwaukee - from late 2003 to 2007, for $760 million to $890 million.

Basic automobile driver's license renewal fees wouldn't have risen, but fees for truck and bus driver's licenses, motorcycle plates and vehicle title changes, among others, would've increased by varying amounts.

Transportation officials also sought to lower blood-alcohol-level standards for drunken driving from 0.10 to 0.08 and to authorize police to stop drivers for not wearing their seat belts.

Doyle has said he opposes a vehicle fee increase and supports a 0.08 drunken-driving standard. The state would lose some federal transportation money without the lower limit.