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Updated: 6:50 AM Mar 20, 2009
VDOT Getting Stimulus Money
Staunton, Va. The Virginia Department of Transportation is set to receive nearly $700 million from the Federal Stimulus Package for transportation in the Commonwealth.
Posted: 6:18 PM Mar 19, 2009Reporter: Garon Wade Email Address: garon.wade@whsv.com |
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The Virginia Department of Transportation is set to receive nearly $700 million from the Federal Stimulus Package for transportation in the Commonwealth.
The money comes at a good time for VDOT, as it is having to make drastic cutbacks.
However, the money won't be used to keep rest stops open or to make sure all VDOT residency offices around the state remain open.
Instead, the stimulus money will be used for road and bridge maintenance.
"It's very similar to working on your house. If your roof starts to have some shingles blown off, you want to fix that roof before you get any leaks into your house. We want to do the same thing with our pavement structure. If we have any cracks or depressions in the pavement we want to try to get that fixed," says Randy Kaiser, a District Construction Engineer for VDOT in Staunton.
VDOT is not sure yet what specific projects the money will be used for, but it hopes to know soon.
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Why isn't vdot going to use any of this federal money to keep the Luray office open and keep up the maintenance on our back roads? The maryland govenor is using his money for that puppose. Gov. kaine, are you asleep at the wheel?
700 million shoud allow vdot to do a little more then patch pot holes and cracks in the pavement!
Me thinks they should have long ago gotten out the pots and pans... That mess is already puddling on the floor...
