highway fund

collocation in English

meaningsofhighwayandfund

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highway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhaɪ.weɪ/us
/ˈhaɪ.weɪ/
a public road, especially an important road that joins cities or ...
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fund
noun
uk
/fʌnd/us
/fʌnd/
an amount of money saved, collected, or provided for a ...
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(Definition ofhighwayandfundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Until 2013, 1.75% of the primaryhighwayfundwill be directed to this fund to compensate counties receiving highways.
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Transportation projects should be funded through the statehighwayfundand not general revenue.
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To consider whether the 10%highwayfundincentive encourages or inhibits that debate.
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The roadway improvements, at $10.3 million within the park would come from the statehighwayfund.
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States were forced to follow the federal highway beautification agenda or risk losing federal highway funds.
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A major new restriction on the receipt of federal highway funds was that states were required to enact a 55 mph speed limit.
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The city also applied for $4.2 million in federal matching highway funds to help finish the bridge.
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Opposition was also raised by the trucking industry in defense of highway funds.
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This is because interstate highway funds typically could not be used to upgrade an existing freeway until it is designated and signed as an interstate.
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The notes were secured by promising future federal highway funds.
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It was unclear, however, if this requirement applied to states receiving federal highway funds, or if states were required to take into account these considerations while making their plans.
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Another concern is the fact that on more than one occasion, the federal government has threatened to withhold highway funds from states which did not pass certain articles of legislation.
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