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WPR News
Friday, August 10, 2018, 6:05am
By Rich Kremer

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation and Gov. Scott Walker are praising a new policy they say will help replace more aging bridges around the state. But county highway officials say the changes are forcing them to build bridges to minimum standards and shifting more of the costs onto their budgets.

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