[Vendorsmi] Fw: [nfbmi-talk] how does this impact rs bep?

[Joe Sontag]

Strange, we were all told by Ed Rodgers at the July 2013 "Commission" 
meeting that there was no real cause for concern about losing our rest areas 
to the private sector.

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> Companies want role in rest stops, bridge projects Comments . Lansing, 
> Mich . - Michigan has received responses from 31 companies looking to form 
> public-private
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> partnerships involving rest stops, bridge projects and other work. The 
> state Department of Transportation last month put feelers out on two rest 
> areas
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> proposed for improvements along U.S. 127 in northern Michigan. Most of the 
> five respondents are looking for advertising and sponsorship opportunities 
> at
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> the rest stops. Other businesses are interested in food service or in 
> operating and maintaining the rest areas themselves. State officials said 
> Wednesday
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> they also received a dozen letters of interest for bridge work, a dozen 
> others for freeway lighting projects and two for logging. The state will 
> evaluate
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> the responses and next determine the viability of developing requests for 
> proposals. The state isn't planning to sell assets but instead strike 
> long-term
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> deals.
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> Detroit News
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> August 29, 2013
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