Budget Potholes

Road commission funding in a rut.

by Jim Leonard

posted 2/25/2010

The Washtenaw County Road Commission's budget was reduced 10 percent this year. Roy Townsend, WCRC director of engineering, says that's meant less maintenance on county roads and delayed construction projects. And that's not even Townsend's biggest headache. What really worries him is the dismal outlook for next year's state budget. If the state continues

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