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Politics
4:32 pm
Mon August 8, 2011

Lt. Gov: Deal on bridge plan may come by the end of the year

Credit (photo by Laura Weber/MPRN)
Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, (R) MIchigan

Officials from Governor Rick Snyder’s administration say they would like to have a deal on a new bridge between Detroit and Canada reached before the end of the year.  That means many Republican  lawmakers who are on the fence about the project could be forced to make a decision soon.  

Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley, who is spearheading the governor’s effort to build the bridge, says he has not counted heads recently to see who in the Legislature supports a new bridge project. But he says the only count he cares about is the final vote in the House and Senate. 

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