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Road bill debate continues
Published January 22, 2010
The Alabama Senate continued its debate Thursday morning on a proposal by Sen. Lowell Barron, D-Fyffe, to spend $1 billion on road and bridge construction projects in the state over a 10-year period.
The debate on the Senate’s first major bill this year began on Tuesday and continued Thursday for almost two hours.
Democrats in the Senate are attempting again this year to pass a bill that would take $100 million a year from the Alabama Trust Fund to improve roads and bridges in the state.
A simililar attempt to pass a bill came up short a year ago by two votes.
If passed, Alabama voters would decide the fate of the proposal in November. Barron has said the money would begin to reach road projects in 2011.
He added the bill would create almost 28,000 jobs and would improve deteriorating roads and bridges in the state.
Road builders across the state are supporting the bill, which they say will put people back to work.
Republican opponents say the state can't afford to raid the trust fund, adding it's the state's primary savings account and must be protected.
The debate will continue on Jan. 26.
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