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The Itasca Project, a group of business and civic leaders has issued a list of ten principles for dealing with growing traffic congestion and highway safety problems in Minnesota. The ten principles include spending about $750 million dollars a year over 15 years, and applying tolls and user fees amounting to at least ten percent of new road spending. The group also calls for at least $150 million dollars a year in spending on transit.

Relieving congestion: The Itasca Project's proposal

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