Comments on: Stadium Bridge Contract Signed with Feds http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/03/17/stadium-bridge-contract-signed-with-feds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stadium-bridge-contract-signed-with-feds it's like being there Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: David Cahill http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/03/17/stadium-bridge-contract-signed-with-feds/comment-page-1/#comment-63579 David Cahill Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:36:24 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=59663#comment-63579 Does “obligated” apply only to funds that have actually been “appropriated”? Or does it just mean that the DOT has approved the project?

Funds cannot be spent by the DOT unless and until they are “appropriated”. It’s the law. 8-)

]]> By: Mark Koroi http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/03/17/stadium-bridge-contract-signed-with-feds/comment-page-1/#comment-63576 Mark Koroi Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:23:40 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=59663#comment-63576 Oops! That should have been Dingell – not Conyers.

]]> By: Mark Koroi http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/03/17/stadium-bridge-contract-signed-with-feds/comment-page-1/#comment-63575 Mark Koroi Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:22:46 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=59663#comment-63575 It appears that the $13.1 million remainder of the TIGER II grant is only “expected” to be obligated in May of this year, so as I understand it (and someone who knows better than I please correct me if I am wrong) receipt of that sum is not yet “locked in” and may never be so locked in nor ever be realized fron the federal government.

It looks as all of that effusive self-congratulations at the Stadium Bridge last October with the two Johns – Conyers and Hieftje – was just a bit premature.

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