$340 Million for Roads and Bridges Approved
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By John Greiner, The Daily Oklahoman  Jun. 4--State transportation commissioners approved a 5-year, $340-million county road and bridge program today, the first state long-range program construction ever for the counties.
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By Lisa Fleisher, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Mar. 6--An alliance of coastal communities along the Grand Strand could band together to request around $120 million in federal funding to address the problem of stormwater runoff.
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By Michael Andersen, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Feb. 1--The more builders and developers benefit from wider streets, the more they'd have to pay.
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United Airlines reached an agreement with creditors that, if approved, could eliminate $450 million of debt. The agreement concerns $600 million in municipal bond debt
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Washington, DC, City Council committees will consider a revised stadium funding package on Wednesday that includes a $450 million community investment fund financed with bonds, according to the mayor&#39;s staff.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 5  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The President's Budget for fiscal year 2008 (FY08) transmitted to Congress today includes $4.871 billion in new federal funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  Mr.
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The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill authorizing $23 billion in water resource projects, including $3.5 billion in work for hurricane-ravaged Louisiana.
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D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams said he will try to build public support for a $440 million, city-financed baseball stadium project.
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"We are meeting under a new aegis because of the alterations made during the negotiations to get this new government off the ground"  Ministers from Northern Ireland and the Republic have agreed to spend 400m on cross-border road projects. via BBC
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â¢The Senate is expected to vote on the overall $3.3 billion spending plan for the state Department of Transportation, which supports state and local highway programs, public transportation programs and department administration (House Bill 5528).
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By Tom Wilemon, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 13--BILOXI -- The Biloxi City Council approved a budget Tuesday that gives employees a 5 percent raise and sets aside $12 million for capital projects without raising taxes.
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Moves to scrap tolls on the Forth and Tay road bridges is expected to go forward with the publication of a bill.
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By PETER BACQUE  Gov. Timothy M. Kaine wants to spend $500 million more on the state's limping transportation system over the next two years.  The money would move forward a number of critical road, rail, port and transit initiatives around the state.
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RICHMOND, Feb. 19 -- A small group of Virginia lawmakers began a final round of negotiations Monday on a transportation deal that could fix the state's roads without taking money from other core services such as health care, public safety and education.
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By AMY WOLD  When a federal coastal restoration task force meets in January, it will consider spending $34 million to build two restoration projects in the coming year.  A project in Jefferson Parish and one in St.
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The Boston Redevelopment Authority yesterday approved a major new development for 30 acres on the South Boston Waterfront - not for luxury condos and swanky restaurants, but for maritime industrial uses.
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By Jon W. Glass, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 23--An ultrafast fiber-optic network that officials hope will turn Hampton Roads into a national magnet for high-tech research and business is up and running.