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"Despite heavy rains that have washed out some Vermont roads this summer, a new federal report says Vermont has shown \"significant improvement\" in highway conditions.The state has risen from 42nd to 28th in the country in the Reason Foundation's analysis based on 2009 data.The Burlington Free Press reports that in 2009, the Legislature passed a fuel-tax increase to go toward a new bonding program to provide more money for bridge maintenance.The state also repaved Interstate 89 between Richmond and Georgia that year, winning it a top ranking for \"urban interstate pavement condition\" from the Reason Foundation."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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