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rising costs of key construction materials in combination with declining revenues reduced the amount of funding available.
The amended six-year transportation spending plan still reduces funding by 36 percent, about $610 million.
Lawmakers are now gearing up for the battle over transportation funding that is expected to begin during another special legislative session in August with some already publicizing their plans to solve the problem that started the budget stalemate between the House of Delegates and the Senate earlier this year.
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