Soaring oil prices will affect cost of Tennessee highway project

The soaring cost of petroleum products has sent the cost of a Tennessee highway project up nearly $800,000. Global fuel prices have increased fuel costs for contracts and have sent the cost of asphalt soaring, planners say.

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This story published in AGC SmartBrief on 12/16/2008





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