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Article: Survey: Longer-Term Reauthorization May Be a Tough Sell.(Washington)
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- The Bond Buyer
- Article date:
- February 18, 2009
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Byline: Audrey Dutton
Survey results issued this week by transportation firm HNTB Corp. spotlights misperceptions about transportation finance.
The report appears to validate some market participants' concerns that a long-term surface transportation reauthorization will be tough to sell to the public, especially after enactment of the $787 billion stimulus package, which will provide states and localities with transportation funding.
The nationwide poll of about 1,000 people of voting age was conducted online by a public opinion research firm during the last week of January, almost three weeks before President Obama signed the stimulus package ...