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On the recordDecember 7, 2001
I refer the Senator to specific language which says, approval of western public road access shall be subject to conditioning that the cost of construction be paid for from airport revenues. It does not come from airport improvement by the Federal Government.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Discussing funding for public road access related to airport construction.

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