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March 26, 2007

Long-waited Spokane freeway hit by soaring construction costs

  • Legislative budget writers are trying to overcome an estimated $2 billion shortfall in paying for highway projects promised to voters in recent years.

    • SPOKANE (AP) — After 60 years of effort, work on the long-sought North-South Freeway is progressing in Spokane despite soaring construction costs.

    Increases in the costs of cement, oil, asphalt, diesel, labor and land have caused the price of the 10-mile long highway project to grow substantially.


     
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