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Why Money for Highways is Scarce

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Our History Doctor, Bill Smith, gives us the legacy of highway funding since the dawn of the Interstate System. He says the cost of fuel, cars with better mileage and fewer miles driven by Americans has contributed to the depletion of federal highway funding.

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Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.
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