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Road repair deal would help fund state bridge fixes.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 29-MAY-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Road repair deal would help fund state bridge fixes.(Legislature)(Motorists and truckers share the burden in a plan that some say would create jobs)

Article Excerpt
Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard

SALEM - Oregonians would pay an extra $12 a year to register cars and would fork out more for a handful of other vehicle fees as part of a plan unveiled Wednesday to raise $2.5 billion for bridge and road work.

The proposal, contained in two bills presented to the House Transportation and Revenue committees, would generate $114 million a year through an array of vehicle, driver and trucker fees - money that would be used to pay back $1.6 billion in bonds for bridge work and about $900 million for road and highway projects - with contracts going out to bid as early as next spring.

"This will allow us to start whittling on that backlog of work that needs to be done," said House Transportation Committee Chairman Alan Brown, R-Newport. Brown, whose district includes western Lane County, was one of the lead negotiators in putting the deal together.

He said the proposal should be viewed as jobs-creating...

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