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| CAGW Reacts to Axing of Alaska Bridges Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating waste, fraud, mismanagement, and abuse in government, cautiously applauded news that earmarks for two bridges in Alaska could be removed from the conference version of the fiscal 2006 transportation appropriations bill. Sen. Ted Stevens' (R-Alaska) office has told of a tentative agreement that will eliminate the mandates that $229 million be spent on "Don Young's Way" and $223 million be spent on the "Bridge to Nowhere" linking Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents. Alaska will still get the money as part of its allotment under the federal highway formula, but the projects will have to compete with the state's other transportation priorities. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Construction News :: home page |