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(HR) Governor Bill Ritter today signed into law the FASTER transportation bill, legislation that will save and create thousands of jobs, strengthen Colorado's economy and allow the state to repair unsafe bridges and roadways.   The legislation, Senate Bill 09-108, was sponsored by Senator Dan Gibbs and Representative Joe Rice.  It is expected to generate about $252 million annually for transportation projects, including improvements to more than 100 structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges.  The Colorado Department of Transportation says the state hass 115 bridges that are 75 years old, highway sections that are 75 to 100 years old and interstate sections that are up to 50 years old. Faster is projected to save and create thousands of jobs through out Colorado. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post
(HR) Governor Bill Ritter today signed into law the FASTER transportation bill, legislation that will save and create thousands of jobs, strengthen Colorado’s economy and allow the state to repair unsafe bridges and roadways. The legislation, Senate Bill 09-108, was sponsored by Senator Dan Gibbs and Representative Joe Rice. It is expected to generate about $252 million annually for transportation projects, including improvements to more than 100 structurally deficient and functionally obsolete bridges. The Colorado Department of Transportation says the state hass 115 bridges that are 75 years old, highway sections that are 75 to 100 years old and interstate sections that are up to 50 years old. Faster is projected to save and create thousands of jobs through out Colorado. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post
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Gov. Bill Ritter, left, will appear on “Meet the Press” on Sunday as part of a special edition on health care reform.

Ritter, who will attend today’s town-hall meeting in Grand Junction with President Barack Obama, is one of three people providing “perspectives from around the country.” The other two are U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., and Bruce Josten, executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

“As anger reaches a boiling point at town halls across the country, health care reform takes center stage,” according to the show’s website.

Ritter will be in 9News’ studio for the taping, his spokesman, Evan Dreyer, said. The show airs at 9 a.m. Sunday in Colorado.

The other guests are former House Majority Leader Dick Armey; Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.; former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle; and Rachel Maddow, host of MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show.”

Lynn Bartels, The Denver Post

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