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State Coalition Cites Concern with Transportation Funding
Oct. 5, 2012 in Illlinois Public Media
Contractors, economic officials, and others involved in road construction are trying to bring attention to a lack of state transportation funding in Illinois.
The Transportation for Illinois Coalition hosted a roundtable talk in Urbana Thursday. The group cites a nearly $3-billion funding mark for Illinois' Department of Transportation in fiscal 2012, cut to $1.75for the current fiscal year, hurting highway projects and construction jobs.
Joe Lamb with Open Road Paving Company says so-called diversions in that funding are a 'game changer', particularly for District 5 around Champaign. And he says road planners might be willing to support a new state or federal gas tax....
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