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Oklahoma approves $4 billion transportation plan (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved a $4 billion program Monday to improve roads, replace 449 deficient bridges and finish relocating downtown's busy, trouble-prone Crosstown Expressway.

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:16:19 GMT

Oregon gov to propose big transportation package (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski says he will propose a transportation package in January that could create thousands of family-wage construction jobs.

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:38:15 GMT

Transportation: List long, money short TOP PROJECTS WITH ANTICIPATED FUNDING PUBLIC MEETINGS SET BIKE, PEDESTRIAN ... (The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star)
Long-range transportation plan forecast Fredericksburg's future roads, needs, Local:4-Pagination

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:29:25 GMT

Richmond council takes no action on regional transportation authority (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Richmond City Council took no action this evening on a proposal to create a regional transportation authority in the Richmond metropolitan area. In an unusual joint meeting with Mayor L. Douglas Wilder tonight, council members heard a presentation about the proposal, which includes giving a new authority power to increase several taxes to pay for transportation projects.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:18:35 GMT

Ciouncil hears transportation hub details (The Fayetteville Observer)
What happened: A proposed two-story transportation hub along Hay Street would cost $15.2million — but city taxpayers would have to come up with only 10 percent of that cost, a consultant told the City Council during a work session Monday. State and federal transportation dollars would pay the rest.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:15:07 GMT