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re: strong close on aim Up strongly again with big volume. What more can a VTI shareholder ask. More of the same, I suppose...:P Apparently, the huge Highway Bill has been passed in the US. Below is a highlight of the bill. Once I99 cleanup is proven successful, it would their future road building much easier without having to keep going round big bends just to avoid some pyrite. All they need do is to plan Bauxsol into their scheme of thing...:)

Cheers.


Posted on Fri, Jul. 29, 2005

Highlights of the highway and transit bill

Associated Press


Highlights of the highway and mass transit bill approved by Congress Friday:

_Funded at $286.4 billion over the 2004-2009 period, up from $218 billion in the 1998-2003 highway act.

_Includes more than $50 billion for bus, train and other transit programs and $6 billion for transportation safety programs.

_Ensures that by 2008 every state will get at least a 92 percent rate of return in federal grants for contributions made, through the federal gasoline tax, to the Highway Trust Fund.

_Guarantees that every state will see a minimum increase of 19 percent over their 1998-2003 funding level.

_Contains a record number of specific highway, bus and rail projects requested by House and Senate members for their districts and states.