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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Cities that are expanding at a rapid pace should not be penalized for multiple projects in the CIG pipeline.”

On the recordJuly 15, 2019
Cities that are expanding at a rapid pace should not be penalized for multiple projects in the CIG pipeline.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Arguing against penalizing growing cities in transit funding.

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