Industry Says Cuts Unlikely For Environment Funding In Highway Bill

June 29, 2005
Industry lobbyists say provisions that would provide funds to address stormwater runoff from roads and control air pollution from automobile traffic are likely to remain in final transportation legislation that is expected to be approved by a House-Senate conference committee next month. Environmentalists and some congressional lawmakers have been concerned that the funds would be restricted or cut as conferees work to meet a controversial spending limit imposed by the White House. A number of transportation lobbyists say because the...


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