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• Traffic signals receive near-failing grade

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• Superfund progress contributes to healthy communities

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency demonstrated significant progress cleaning up high-priority contaminated sites in the national Superfund program, according to a released summary.

• Paving devices increase safety of rural roads

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