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Lower costs, more work

As bids come in below estimates, Mass. scrambles to use up its stimulus funds

By Megan Woolhouse
Globe Staff / January 26, 2010

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The weak economy is producing an unexpected windfall for Massachusetts officials spending hundreds of millions in federal stimulus money fixing the state’s transportation system: low prices for construction work. (Full article: 965 words)

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