They complained that it is unfair for their states to pay more in federal gas taxes than they get back from Washington for highway and transit construction projects.

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Dave Lobycz, a transit construction worker and New Jersey hunter, came to Mr. Clark's shop last week to order a full-size mount of the 180-pound female bear he killed the day before with a shotgun.

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This would put a stop to highway construction, bridge repair, mass transit systems and other important projects that keep our country moving quickly and safely.

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This provides funding for highway construction, bridge repair, mass transit systems, and other essential projects that keep our people and our commerce moving quickly and safely.

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Construction of a mass rapid-transit railway is due to start in 2011, but with the number of passengers expected to reach just 400, 000 a day by 2020 it will hardly ease the congestion.

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Take the reauthorization of the 2005 law on highway and transit spending, which stirred up interest in publicly held heavy equipment, engineering and construction materials companies.

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I've been pretty vocal about how important it is to put these transportation investments into action and get hundreds of thousands of construction workers back on the job rebuilding our roads, bridges, airports, and transit systems.

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They said no to putting hundreds of thousands of construction workers back on the job repairing our roads and our bridges and our schools and our transit systems.

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As such, the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) added platform safety doors to all of its 84 stations, finishing the multi-year construction project in 2011.

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