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8/14/03-Gov.
Jennifer Granholm has green-lighted 17 road construction
projects.
Funds for the road projects are included in the overall $3.1 billion state Transportation Department budget for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1.
The projects under SB265 include freeway interchange construction in Oakland County and road work in the Grand Rapids, Saginaw Bay and northern Lower Michigan areas.
MDOT plans to use $200 million raised through the sale of bonds to pay for most of the road projects. Another $50 million will come from other sources.
Also in the transportation budget, Granholm vetoed a provision that would have required 20 percent of all federal highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program dollars to be used for repairs or replacing local bridges.
Funds for the road projects are included in the overall $3.1 billion state Transportation Department budget for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1.
The projects under SB265 include freeway interchange construction in Oakland County and road work in the Grand Rapids, Saginaw Bay and northern Lower Michigan areas.
MDOT plans to use $200 million raised through the sale of bonds to pay for most of the road projects. Another $50 million will come from other sources.
Also in the transportation budget, Granholm vetoed a provision that would have required 20 percent of all federal highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program dollars to be used for repairs or replacing local bridges.