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...Angeles: Metro Rail. Planned as the area's first rapid-transit system since the "red car" rail network was scrapped in the 1960s, the 20-mile, $4.5 billion subway is nonetheless considered extravagant. Construction began last fall on the first, 4.4-mile downtown segment, which will cost $1.25 billion, with $870 million coming from Washington. Opponents favor less costly projects, like surface railroads along existing freeways. One critical slogan: "Stop the Subway and Save Mass Transit." The highway bill gives L.A. another, more widely praised plum: 27 smaller projects, valued at $74 million, to improve gridlocked roads around the Port...
Phoenix: Papago Freeway. Just 26 blocks of roadway downtown is needed to complete the 2,484-mile Interstate 10 from Jacksonville, Fla., to Los Angeles. Price: $182 million. Federal share in the bill: $28 million...
Illinois: Lincoln-Morton Link. Already under construction, the 31-mile highway will connect Interstates 74 and 55, cutting 40 miles off the trip from Peoria to St. Louis. Backed by House Minority Leader Robert Michel, who represents the area, the stretch would provide an alternative to Route 121, two lanes of inadequate winding blacktop on which highballing truckers terrify motorists. Total price tag: $135 million, of which the highway bill provides $17 million...
Pennsylvania: Altoona to Tyrone. State Road 220 is congested and heavily traveled. A twelve-mile stretch will be widened from two to four lanes, ultimately linking economically depressed Altoona to I-80 and New York City. Price: $90 million. Federal share: $45 million...
Providence policemen said Miller was driving at 65 miles per hour in a 25-mile-per-hour area when he hit Pantalina, who died instantly. Miller and his two-companions received minor injuries in the crash, The Herald reported...