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In Wikipedia:
) Act, 1887”, allowing the construction of the extension to be added to the work on the original route, which had begun in 1886.
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In Wikipedia:
The war postponed the construction of the extension and work did not begin until 12 June 1922.
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In Wikipedia:
In 1901, the government approved construction of the extension, and preliminary work was well under way by August 1902.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Lee County Highway Department in Amboy, Illinois, for road upgrades, $ 300,000 These improvements will include the upgrading of Steward, Elva, Paw Paw and Perry Roads to Class II, 80,000 pound truck routes and the construction of a new Elva Road extension over I – 39.
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In Simple Wikipedia:
However the’ river line’ extension as it was called was too expensive and construction of the extension never started.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
The problems giving rise to these penalties may have occurred sooner if not for continued delays with the opening of Joondalup Drive, resulting from a number of disputes and issues between various local and state government agencies involved in the construction of the Joondalup Drive extension.
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In Wikipedia:
Only five years after the construction of the extension, capacity issues are already becoming apparent.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
“In late October 2005, Toronto City Council voted 34–3 to join an environmental coalition attempting to block the construction of the extension.
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In Wikipedia:
Construction of the extension will cost a total of 18 million euros with 5 million euros being financed through the companies which will benefit from the extension.
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In Wikipedia:
Florida’s Turnpike began construction of the extension in 1994 and completed construction in mid 1996.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
But n eighborhood and environmental activists created sufficient opposition to stop construction of the extension, which would have bisected and blighted a major city park, cutting it off from Lake Michigan.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
The construction of the Uxbridge extension to the Metropolitan Line in 1904, and specifically the new West Harrow tube station, triggered a steady growth of homes in the area, spreading out from the location of the new station.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Construction of the Central Line’s eastern extension was started in the 1930s, and the tunnels were largely complete at the outbreak of the Second World War.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Lee County Highway Department in Amboy, Illinois, for road upgrades, $ 300,000 These improvements will include the upgrading of Steward, Elva, Paw Paw and Perry Roads to Class II, 80,000 pound truck routes and the construction of a new Elva Road extension over I – 39.
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In Wikipedia:
In 2002, construction of an 18 km long extension from Vykov eastwards started and it was opened in 2005.
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In Wikipedia:
In the Annual Report of 1913, the K & ESR reported that the construction of the extension had not been commenced, but further powers were being asked for.
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In Wikipedia:
The C & SLR soon started construction of its southern extension which opened to a terminus at Morden on 13 September 1926, with a depot south of the station and within of the W & SR route, although no connection was made between the two lines.
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In Wikipedia:
During the construction of the Surrey extension, the Vancouver Regional Transit Commission, a division of BC Transit, was $ 30 million in debt.
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In Wikipedia:
In 1956 a crossing loop was opened however it was not until 1987 that the line was duplicated through Revesby in association with the construction of the extension from East Hills to the Main South Line at Glenfield.
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(. .)))
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