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DOT outlines options for Highway 85 funding, warns federal formula money would delay other projects
Summary
Ron Henke, director of the North Dakota Department of Transportation, told the House Appropriations Government Operations Division that the agency needs a mix of funding to advance multi‑segment improvements on U.S. Highway 85, including a roughly $110 million 13‑mile segment for which the state secured a $55 million federal grant.
Ron Henke, director of the North Dakota Department of Transportation, told the House Appropriations Government Operations Division that the agency needs a mix of funding to advance multi‑segment improvements on U.S. Highway 85, including a roughly $110 million 13‑mile segment for which the state secured a $55 million federal grant.
Henke said the green section of the corridor has a $110,000,000 estimated total cost and was awarded a $55,000,000 federal grant requiring a 50/50 match. He said the orange and red segments of the corridor are at differing stages of design and that the orange segment — a roughly 6‑mile stretch — has a current estimate of about $102,000,000…
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