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Why some towns are un-paving their roads

Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar Jul 25, 2016
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Why some towns are un-paving their roads

Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar Jul 25, 2016
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Some towns in the U.S. don’t have the cash to fix their pot-hole laden paved roads. So instead, they’re ripping them up and replacing them with gravel. Aarian Marshall is a staff writer at Wired and wrote about the benefits and downsides. Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal talked to her about the practice.

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