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State budget woes mean fewer federal funds to help fix Michigan's roads, bridges

September 19, 2011 09:34

DETROIT (AP) - Road work in Michigan has become more quick fixes than long-term repairs as the state balances the scope of construction projects with the dwindling funds necessary to carry them out.
 
A five-year report shows transportation officials expect a drop of more than $700 million annually from what's being spent now in highway program funds beginning Oct. 1 and stretching into the 2015 fiscal year.
 
The report points to a drop in state revenue and predictions that Michigan will not be able to put up enough matching money to secure all available federal aid for transportation projects.
 
Michigan's Five-Year Transportation Program invests just over $6 billion into highway and other programs.
 
But upward of $160 million more in state revenue is needed each fiscal year to match all available federal aid.
 

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