$20 Billion Needed to Fix Baystate's Infrastructure

Date: 
01/24/2008

The head of the Massachusetts taxpayers foundation had some bad news for a legislative committee hearing Tuesday in Boston. Michael Widmer says the state cannot refinance its way out of a transportation funding gap that has only gotten worse since September, when a special panel said close to $20 billion would be needed to fix the Baystate's infrastructure. WFCR's Kevin McNicholas has more.

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