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Article: Road money uncertainty plagues Wisconsin's road-building industry

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The oil-franchise fee is on its way to the state Assembly with waning support from lawmakers and a road-building industry wondering how the state will pay for projects.

"We thought (the transportation fund) was safe in the past, but ever since they took (gas-tax) indexing away, it's been a question," said Mike Ryan, president of Concrete Structures Inc., a Janesville- based bridge building company.

Ryan said state or federal money finances 90 percent of his company's work. Although projects are out there for the industry, he said, no one knows if the cash will be.

Ryan's concern stems from controversy festering over Gov. Jim Doyle's proposed oil-franchise fee since he first introduced the ...

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