BRISTOL DISTRICT MAKING DO WITH LESS MONEY

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, January 23, 1992                   TAG: 9201230239
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE                                LENGTH: Short
BRISTOL DISTRICT MAKING DO WITH LESS MONEY
The economy has had indirect effects on Virginia's transportation system as well as direct effects in work force reductions, according to the Bristol District engineer.
Jack Corley, meeting here Tuesday night with members of boards of supervisors from Wythe and Grayson counties, said the amounts expected to be raised when projections were made years ago on titling taxes for new cars, gasoline taxes and licensing taxes proved too high.
Fewer new cars were sold because of the economy, and less gas was bought, he said. As a result, less money was available than had been projected even before the worst of the economic slump hit Virginia.
The Bristol District has seen a 22 percent work force reduction over the past two years, and 35 inspectors lost in the early retirement program have not been replaced.
- Southwest bureau

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB