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The Word of Our Dan:

As these contracts are let, then we notify the people in the communities that they’re let, so there is a double process there. But it’s not about getting a second bang for the buck on these things, as a matter of fact, it’s about informing people early, and then once the contracts are awarded, it’s letting them know after. But to come in and, y’know, double- and triple-announce money that, that’s given the appearance of being new money, that’s just, that’s misleading.

January 11, 2007: Government Making Historic Investments in Provincial Roads
January 17, 2007: $150 Million Targeted for Province’s Roads
February 13, 2007: Close to $2M Earmarked to Improve Roads in Burin-Placentia West
February 16, 2007: Government Injects $1.5M in Windsor-Springdale Roads
February 19, 2007: Cape St. Francis Will Receive $1.6M for Road Improvements
February 21, 2007: Government Invests Over $1 Million in Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune Roads
February 26, 2007: Close to $2.5 Million Announced to Improve Roads in St. Barbe Area
March 1, 2007: Bonavista North Roads Improved to the Tune of Nearly $3 Million
March 2, 2007: $1.42 Million Headed for Gander Roads
March 2, 2007: Government Invests Over Half a Million Dollars forRoad Improvements in Grand Falls-Buchans
March 8, 2007: Government Invests Nearly $2.7 Million in Trinity North Roads
March 9, 2007: $2 Million Headed for Roads in Bonavista South
March 12, 2007: Government Invests $3M in Trinity-Bay de Verde Roads
March 14, 2007: Conception Bay East and Bell Island Roads Injected with $1 Million Funding
March 26, 2007: Over $2 Million En Route to Roads in Humber East
March 27, 2007: Better Roads and Bridges on the Horizon in Bellevue Area
March 29, 2007: Better Roads Headed for Humber West
April 2, 2007: Road and Bridge Improvements Announced for Lake Melville
April 4, 2007: $2.9 Million Announced for Road Improvements in Lewisporte District
April 5, 2007: Government Invests a Further $10 Million in Provincial Roads
April 9, 2007: $2.5 Million Allocated for Road Projects in Exploits
April 10, 2007: $1 Million Announced for Road Improvements in Grand Bank District
April 13, 2007: Bay of Islands Receives $800,000 for Road Improvements
April 16, 2007: Ferryland Receives $2.3 Million for Road and Bridge Improvements
April 17, 2007: $2.2 Million Allocated for Road Work in Harbour Main-Whitbourne District
April 18, 2007: $1.45 Million Announced for Road and Bridge Improvements in Cartwright-L’Anse au Clair
April 26, 2007: Implementing Action to Modernize Infrastructure
April 27, 2007: $1.7 Million Announced for Road and Bridge Improvements for Terra Nova
May 4, 2007: $1 Million Announced for Road Improvements in St. John’s
May 7, 2007: Over $1.5 Million for Road and Bridge Improvements in Kilbride District
May 7, 2007: Port au Port Area Will Receive $1 Million in Road Improvements
May 10, 2007: $800,000 Announced for Road Improvements in Topsail Area
May 11, 2007: New Bridge Included in Road Improvements for Humber Valley
May 15, 2007: Government Provides Additional Funding for Road Work in Grand Falls-Buchans May 17, 2007: Baie Verte Area Receives $3 Million for Road Improvements
May 22, 2007: $2.5 Million Announced for Road Improvements in Placentia & St. Mary’s
May 23, 2007: Road Repairs Announced for Carbonear-Harbour Grace and Port de Grave
May 24, 2007: $1.5 Million Allocated for Road Improvements in Labrador West
June 1, 2007: St. George’s-Stephenville East Receives More Than $4 Million for Road Work
June 4, 2007: $1 Million Announced for Road Improvements in Twillingate-Fogo
July 6, 2007: More than $2.5 Million Announced forRoad Improvements in Straits & White Bay North Area
July 11, 2007: Conception Bay South Receives Over $1.2 Million for Road Improvements
July 23, 2007: Province on Fast Track to Complete Road Work

Nope.

Not about getting a second bang for the buck. Or a third. Or a fourth. Or several dozen bangs, over the course of half an election year.

Like, totally not about that at all.

Danny says so.

It must be true.