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Push on to Find More Money for Minnesota Roads

Push on to Find More Money for Minnesota Roads

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Fixing Minnesota’s roads and bridges looks to be one of the key issues state lawmakers plan to address this legislative session. Margaret Donahoe leads the Minnesota Transportation Alliance and she says the Governor and legislators need to come to an agreement and finish the work they started last session…

Donahoe says half of the state’s roads are more than 50 years old and one-thousand of the state’s bridges are structurally deficient. Last session political gridlock prevented a major, long-term transportation bill from moving forward.

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