At 7:02 PM -0600 11/21/06, Matt Logan wrote:
>     I agree with Larry on this one.  I'm guessing that "gap" has more
>to do with what the State DOT wishes it could spend on road projects to
>mitigate traffic delays - rather than telling us what is paid for but
>not funded by gas taxes.

In other words, the pave-the-earth lobby wants to hit us up for another
$100b out of general-purpose funds beyond what they already get.

>
>an edifying quote from the article:
>--------------------
>"Nationwide, the gap [between the federal, state and local funds
>available for transportation and what's 'needed'] tops $100 billion a
>year, says Gary Maring of the transportation consulting firm Cambridge
>Systematics, which studied the issue last year for the U.S. Chamber of
>Commerce."
>--------------------


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