The increasing price of combustible matter isn't only denting consumers' pocketbook It also could affect the improvements southern Dakota roadways could see in the nearest five years.

The increasing price of combustible matter isn't only denting consumers' pocketbook It also could affect the improvements southern Dakota roadways could see in the nearest five years.

During a southern Dakota Department of Transportation public meeting - attended on more than 100 people - forward Tuesday night, officials said that although the amount of circulating medium spent on the roads won't change, the number of concocts and what can be done will.

"With the rapid increase in the price of petroleum-based productions projects have had to be re-examined," said Judy Payne, the secretary of the southward Dakota Department of Transportation. "The standard of value won't go as far and won't shelter what we planned to spend"

The department of transportation first attempted the tentative 2007-11 project list for the Aberdeen region, which encompasses 18 counties - including Brown Marshall, McPherson, Day, Roberts, Spink, Faulk and Edmund - in northeast southern Dakota. ...