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Buckeye Valley News And Buckeye Review
Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona
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Secretary of Agriculture Wallace apportions $200,000,000 to states for road improvements in fiscal year starting July 1, 1937: $125.8M for federal-aid highways, $25M for farm-to-market roads, $50M for grade crossing elimination. Most funds require state matching; projects need federal approval.
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SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE WALLACE has just apportioned $200,000,000 to the states for road improvement. Of this sum $125,800,000 will go toward improvement of the federal-aid highway system, $25,000,000 for improving secondary or farm-to-market roads, and $50,000,000 for grade crossing elimination.
The fund is for use during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1937, and funds for improvement of roads must be matched by the states. Grade crossing elimination funds need not be matched. Highway projects selected, contracts and specifications are subject to federal approval after designation by state commissions.
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Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 1937
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funds apportioned with state matching required except for grade crossing elimination; projects subject to federal approval.
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Secretary of Agriculture Wallace apportions $200,000,000 to states for road improvement: $125,800,000 for federal-aid highway system, $25,000,000 for secondary or farm-to-market roads, $50,000,000 for grade crossing elimination.