The Mankato Free Press reports Kato projects fare well in House bill. Some of the details:
A planned Highway 14 interchange on Mankato’s east side, which was shut out of the House transportation bill but was approved for $2 million in the Senate bill, would receive just over $1.3 million under the compromise approved by the House-Senate conference committee.The bill also provides $850,000 for future stages of the Highway 14 expansion to four lanes — $500,000 for work between Waseca and Owatonna and $350,000 for the stretch between North Mankato and New Ulm. That’s $150,000 more than the House bill had for those projects.
President Bush has promised to veto the $105.6 billion transportation and housing bill, blaming excessive spending. Bush’s transportation and housing proposals totaled about $100.1 billion.
Nevertheless, the bill quickly passed the full House Wednesday on a 270-147 vote — well short of the two-thirds majority required to override a veto.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Congressman Tim Walz, both Democrats, touted the Minnesota projects funded in the legislation. Klobuchar and Republican Sen. Norm Coleman sponsored the funding for the new Mankato interchange, with Walz joining them as sponsor of the Highway 14 funding.
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