While there has been some grumbling here in Alabama about just where the stimulus highway funds are going...not enough to the rural black belt some say...a story in the NY Times this morning claims it is the cities being cheated in the distribution. Alabama has never been much of a Mass Transit place...we do love our cars. And the distribution of our portion of the borrowed stimulus cash bears that out. The Alabama Transportation website has the breakdown...$46-Million for transit projects and $513-Million for highway projects. The maps on that site certainly make the case that the money is being distributed all across the state, in both urban and rural areas.
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