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Virginia receives $52 million in bonus funding for transportation

GasBuddy Blog -- Virginia's Dept. of Transportation issued a press release last week that sounded like it was written by the cat that ate the canary.

They're taking the opportunity to gloat (just a bit) about the fact that because VDOT has its act together, the state was able to secure an additional $52 million in federal funding for transportation projects that was originally allocated to other states.

VDOT spokeswoman Tamara Rollison explained that since those states did not have projects ready to go to use the funding, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) reallocated the money to Virginia and other states that have projects in the pipeline ready for work to begin.

When I called VDOT to ask which states lost the money...

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Submitted Sep 28, 2012 By: PD

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,643 Points:1,611,470 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 5, 2012 12:01:02 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse Only VA?
sydb7 Champion Author Atlanta Posts:3,561 Points:1,920,735 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Oct 1, 2012 8:30:33 AM Ignore sydb7 Report Abuse A pity that other states lose out! Public transit is needed in all states!
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EVBuddy Champion Author Nevada Posts:16,695 Points:3,032,570 Joined:Sep 2004	Message Posted: Sep 29, 2012 5:17:44 AM Ignore EVBuddy Report Abuse I need bonus funding
Bruno44 Champion Author Texas Posts:7,085 Points:1,770,145 Joined:Sep 2007	Message Posted: Sep 29, 2012 5:15:38 AM Ignore Bruno44 Report Abuse Very good point by snky2k: "Yeah, no politics involved in awarding extra Federal funds to a swing state, lol." [Edited by: Bruno44 at 9/29/2012 5:20:09 AM EST]
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