The Augustan: Rep. Peoples on the Allocation of Transportation Money

Morning Sentinel:

Rep. Ann Peoples, D-Westbrook, said state transportation officials and lawmakers
will need to be disciplined when they decide how to spend the money. "I think
it's really, really important we remember this economic recovery money is
one-time money," she said. "It's not money we're going to see year after year."

Rep. Peoples, who serves on the legislature's Joint Standing Committee on Transportation, is reacting to news that Maine is expecting $139 million from a federal stimulus package intended to upgrade the state's transportation infrastructure.

- John C.L. Morgan