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Stimulus Project Scrapped; Questions Remain Why It Was Ever Approved
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9-17-2009 1:46 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/099883fa-794b-42db-82c6-49f66dab5501/2C43016F-D133-4CBD-8F5C-34A6992FFEB5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=11114996&Call=Email&Format=HTML" href="http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=11114996&Call=Email&Format=HTML" style="font-size: 11px;">www.news9.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=11114996&Call=Email&Format=HTML"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.news9.com/img/ACC7AF83-AEC5-4C67-B81B-7CF00DA64D11" alt="A project to replace guardrails on a federal road across the Optima Lake Dam was set to receive 1.2 million in stimulus dollars." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=11114996&Call=Email&Format=HTML"><SPAN>A project to replace guardrails on a federal road across the Optima Lake Dam was set to receive 1.2 million in stimulus dollars.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=11114996&Call=Email&Format=HTML">First of all, the road's not used that frequently. County officials estimate 15 people drive their cars on the road everyday. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=11114996&Call=Email&Format=HTML"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.news9.com/img/670F8E04-FE9D-4D39-AE19-4C6ACE4C492D" alt="The Guymon City Manager estimates only about 15 cars use the road everyday, but if a crash were to occur, the current guardrails are not to current standards." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=11114996&Call=Email&Format=HTML">Secondly, the lake is not really a lake at all. 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