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Oil Prices Driving Up the Cost of Asphalt

By Katie Ahern on Monday, June 30, 2008.

Communities across the state are feeling the impact of the high cost of oil these days. It now costs more to heat town hall and to fuel city garbage trucks.

Asphalt is also a petroleum product and towns are facing double digit increases in the cost of paving our roads. As a result, towns across New Hampshire are cutting back up to 30 percent of their road repair projects this summer.

NHPR’s Katie Ahern has the story.

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