The Fiscal Timeline of CRFB's Fiscal Roadmap Project keeps track of key economic, financial and policy developments affecting the nation's fiscal future. 2011 March
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A section of Rostrevor Street at Boyes and Hinemoa Park has been shut off as part of the $902,000 “innovating streets of change trial”. Zhang and pharmacist Johny Vwong see traffic backing up at the Tristram and Rostrevor intersection from late afternoon. “I just don’t understand why they’ve installed the speed bumps, it’s only going to increase people s frustration,” Vwong said. “Exactly what are they trying to do on the street?”
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The Rostrevor St closure in central Hamilton has divided public opinion – some say it’s causing traffic havoc and others say it’s brightening the streets.
government programs. the federal government has more than 100 different programs dealing with surface transportation issues, 100. 82 monitoring teacher quality. 80 for economic development. 47 for job training. and 17 different grant programs for disaster preparedness. i think common sense would tell us that kind of duplication and overlap is not efficient and it is not effective use of taxpayer dollars. you have 47 programs on job training only five were studied for effectiveness. right. of those 47, only three do not overlap or duplicate other programs. 44, there s some element of overlapping. reporter: the report was prepared under the coordination of patricia dalton, chief operating officer of the gao.
government programs. the federal government has more than 100 different programs dealing with surface transportation issues, 100. 82 monitoring teacher quality. 80 for economic development. 47 for job training. and 17 different grant programs for disaster preparedness. i think common sense would tell us that kind of duplication and overlap is not efficient and it is not effective use of taxpayer dollars. you have 47 programs on job training only five were studied for effectiveness. right. of those 47, only three do not overlap or duplicate other programs. 44, there s some element of overlapping. reporter: the report was prepared under the coordination of patricia dalton, chief operating officer of the gao.