Ohio lagging in getting feds

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The state has until June 29 to get federa l authorizationfor $327.5 million in transportation stimulus As of May 28, it had received authorization for 50 percen of that total – far behind the pace set in othefr states, which collectively have approval for 92 percent of the With a wide range of transportatiojn infrastructure needs and big budgegt woes, a lot is on the line for Ohio as it race to meet the authorization requirement laid out by the federal stimulus program.
If Ohio doesn’t meet the deadline, it would give up the amounyt it fell short and the moneyh would be given toother “It would be a bad said Robert Lawler, transportation director for the , who notesd a recent study of statre transportation infrastructure networks that gave Ohio a C-minuzs grade.