February 22, 2015

New Bedford Standard-Times: Transportation funding woes, ideas abound in Massachusetts

FEB 22, 2015

NEW BEDFORD - Transportation funding woes across the country also are creating roadblocks in Massachusetts, lawmakers and industry leaders said last week.

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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who visited SouthCoast communities Friday, said the stakes couldn't be higher for long-term transportation funding.

"This is an issue for how we build a future in this country," Warren said during her visit. "I think that senators and representatives ... are starting to understand that this is part of what we do as a nation. We invest in infrastructure, in roads, in bridges, in water, in sewers - we make those investments so that we have a future."

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