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Not the Right Time for High-Speed Rail

...government programs, they also diverted funds from the federal gas tax away from maintenance of our roads and bridges. Gas-tax funds that should have been set aside for transportation purposes were spent elsewhere -- on things like bike path bridges...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2011-10-20/not-right-time-high
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...destroy them so that they have to be rebuilt. What has been done with the money that the city receives from the state gas tax funds that they receive? A portion of this money is to be used to repair holes and cracks in the state aid streets. This...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/100902/opi_1009020014.shtml
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...should only be used for new construction and maintenance of our states roads, bridges and transportation system. Gas tax funds should NOT be used for a social service program. The Brainerd Dispatch has listed unemployment in the past year for...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/073110/opi_20100731002.shtml
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CSAH 77 project can proceed in Cass County

...the unorganized township system. The transfer also would make those roads eligible for a share of the township state gas tax fund. County roads, those numbered 100 or higher, only receive county funding and are ineligible for any state aids...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/070899/new_0708990015.shtml
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Cass to change salt-to-sand ratio

...sheds at county garages in Remer, Longville and Pine River. The county will distribute about $20,000 more in state gas tax funds to townships this year than 1999. The total this year is $279,275, Enblom said. The largest shares go to Shingobee...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/020300/new_0203000017.shtml
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Issues raised about road improvements

...voted to act as fiscal agent for Sylvan Township's reconstruction and paving of Pillsbury Forest Road using MnDOT gas tax funds. Low bidder and contract winner is Anderson Brothers Construction of Brainerd for $420,970.60. Enblom said Sylvan...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/101807/new_20071018031.shtml
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...letter writer mentioned that only .0026 of the total gas tax fund will go for ATV trails. ATVers do, after all, pay...know if the money for this parking lot came from the gas tax fund, but I see it as a way to welcome more tourists to the...

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