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DISTRIBUTION of a record $111,423,969 for construction and maintenance on Virginia’s 42,500-mile secondary road system during the fiscal year beginning July 1 has been announced by the State Department of Highways. It is $2,300,000 higher than the amount for the current fiscal year.
Rappahannock County’s share will be $464,166, to be matched by $37,930 in federal funds.
As in the past, by far the largest part of the secondary system budget, $100,427,260, will be derived from state road user taxes. That sum is about $3,000,000 below the current year’s figure because of expected reductions in
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