Fix the roads we have first.
That’s the upshot of a new report that says Minnesota and other states are not dedicating enough of their highway budgets to repairing existing roads.
Smart Growth America and Taxpayers for Common Sense say only about 21 percent of Minnesota’s highway spending from 2004 to 2008 went to repair and maintenance of roads.
On average in that period, the state spent $180 million a year on repairs to existing roads while devoting $385 million a year to road expansions, according to the study.
Read more about the study at Finance & Commerce.
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