Wonder if this is happening on Arkansas public projects?

NY Times reports price cuts as the depressed construction industry makes bids on stimulus-funded work. It notes a bid for 4.7 miles of Interstate 49 from Shreveport toward the Arkansas line coming in at $1 million per mile lower than the estimate.

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