Action by the Bend City Council on Wednesday will bring a fuel tax, affordable housing fees and regulation of retail marijuana sales that much closer to being resolved.

It hasn’t been easy. The gas tax, in particular, has had strong opposition from service station owners in town, who are likely to campaign to defeat the proposal when it goes to voters in March 2016.

Yet while it’s probably safe to say no one likes new taxes, this one has much to recommend it. Most important, it gives the city money it sorely needs to bring major roadways up to snuff. No one, we suspect, would argue the work isn’t needed, and needed now.

Almost as important, the tax would apply to all fuel sold within the city of Bend. Tourists will pay, as will Bend residents and those just passing through. We don’t buy the notion that the tax would drive most motorists out of town to fill up.

Affordable housing fees, which the city first adopted in 2006, have helped finance more than 600 affordable housing units in the city to date. The city first adopted a fee of one-third of 1 percent of the cost of building permits, though that was dropped to one-fifth of 1 percent in 2011 as the community struggled to pull out of recession.

Now, the council believes, it’s time to go back to the original fee. We agree. This community’s affordable housing shortage is significant, and the added revenue can play a role in changing that.

Finally, councilors will work on proposed regulations for recreational marijuana businesses in Bend. They will hold a hearing on creating buffer zones around schools and day care facilities and establishing additional buffers between recreational and medical marijuana businesses. In addition, they will do the technical work required to create a marijuana business licensing program.

The buffers — and the lack of one around community parks — are all reasonable, as are the other recommendations the council has accepted. They should be approved.

Wednesday’s action won’t end discussion of the three issues, but now, at least, some resolution is in sight.