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By Doug Barrett May 5, 2021 8:28 AM With the clock ticking the East Grand Forks council is going back to the drawing board in trying to decide how to spend $860,000 dollars in federal road money. The council failed last night to override a mayoral veto on a plan to utilize the federal “subtarget” dollars on a Bygland Road roundabout plan. Mayor Steve Gander rejected last week’s 4-3 council vote in favor of the roundabout over the reconstruction of 10th Street Northeast. City Engineer Steve Emery says without a plan of action it may be possible to work with a neighboring city on future funding. “The subtarget funds are available every 4 years and they are moved around between us…Thief River Falls…Crookston…and Bemidji. Those other 3 communities…if one had a project on board and they are ready to move forward with…maybe they could utilize funds in 2022 and we use their funds in 2023.” ....