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October 31, 2006 2:00 PM, EST

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owa, Minnesota and South Carolina will each receive $1 million under the Federal Highway Administration’s “Highways for LIFE” program, an initiative which seeks to speed highway construction.

FHWA Administrator J. Richard Capka said the program encourages states to use new building methods and materials to cut construction time, FHWA said in a statement.

Capka said Iowa will use the grant to fund the reconstruction of an interchange in Council Bluffs using prefabricated bridge sections that can be made away from the roadway and installed overnight.

Minnesota will reconstruct a portion of Highway 36 in Minneapolis/St. Paul using a full-road closure for five months to complete the project faster, while South Carolina will use a “no excuses” clause in a construction contract for meeting the completion date for a bridge project in Kingstree.