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primary system (including the arterial network), $4,688,823 for secondary roads, and $2,710,116 for the interstate system.
“We’re flexible on this, however,” he said. “If more money is needed on the interstate routes than on the primary roads, we can make adjustments, and since snow removal is our top priority during the winter months, we will manage to find some extra money from some other operations,” Leigh said.
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No delay is too long when the life of a man is at stake.
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