Transportation Package Gets Hearing

· Jan. 28, 2009, 6:35 pm

A democratic-backed effort to pump millions of dollars into fixing the state's ailing transportation system cleared its first legislative hurdle earlier this week. Supporters of the so-called FASTER bill say the measure would create thousands of new jobs at a time when the economy is suffering, and the state's roads and bridges are crumbling. From KUNC, Kirk Siegler reports.

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