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Local report of demise of Georgia toll projects exaggerated - new GDOT head reviewing (REVISED)


Spokesman for the Georgia Department of Transportation, Crystal Paulk-Buchanan tells us her boss the new commissioner of transportation Gena Abraham is certainly reviewing toll projects in the state, along with non-toll projects. But she says a report quoting the Commissioner as saying "she might scrap the whole list of (toll) projects and start over" is flat wrong.
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State legislators reprimand Ob & Faz


The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a national organization of state legislators has issued an unusually sharp rebuke to Congressmen James Oberstar and Peter Defazio saying it "strongly opposes" their efforts to dissuade states from using public private partnerships for new road projects.

In a statement just issued ALEC says that the 10th Amerndment of the US Constitution makes it clear the states have the right to fund roads "as they see fit." 314 words  read more »

ARTBA CONFERENCE PUBLIC/PRIVATE VERNTURES - GRAT OPPORTUNITY GREAT DANGER


ARTBA CONFERENCE PUBLIC/PRIVATE VERNTURES - GRAT OPPORTUNITY GREAT DANGER

Originally published in issue 9 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Nov 1996.

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