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lower speed limits and the trend to smaller cars, led, as well, to reductions in the state’s motor fuel tax revenue last year, with fuel tax collections in 1974 falling some $9 million below the level for the year before.

The revenue reduction was among the factors which forced the State Highway and Transportation Commission in October to temporarily defer the start of most new highway construction projects and to reduce spending for maintenance and other operations. □

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