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Discover LudwigThe phrase "approved the road" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where a decision has been made to authorize or sanction the construction, maintenance, or use of a road.
Example: "The city council approved the road to facilitate better traffic flow in the area."
Alternatives: "authorized the road" or "sanctioned the road".
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In a moment of carelessness last week, the House Natural Resources Committee approved the road by a voice vote — reversing a 1998 law expressly prohibiting the road and clearing the way for up to $50 million in wholly unnecessary spending.
In January, the council approved the road diet — cutting one traffic lane in each direction from Honolulu Avenue between Ramsdell and Sunset avenues to make way for designated bike paths — with little opposition.
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If approved, the roads would connect the east and west coasts of Aceh, severing the ecosystem in nine places.
California lawmakers and regulators just conditionally approved the road-testing of high autonomy cars that require no driver or even human controls, becoming the first state in the nation to flesh out an innovation-nurturing framework after federal regulators last month gave the green light to driverless technology.
Sally Jewell, the interior secretary, is still planning a trip to Alaska — to let Mr. Begich show his constituents that he is pushing the government to approve the road.
For now, the Peruvian government has declined to approve the road due to its high cost as well as the international pressure.
They want lawmakers to approve the road repair bill by next Thursday, when legislators leave for spring break.
UDOT did not pursue the extension of US 163, even though the Utah state legislature had already approved the new road from Bluff to Montezuma creek as route 163.
In September, the county supervisors approved the Mission Valley road as a limited access highway, but held off on processing the results from surveying.
Work was finally cleared to commence in September 1954 with Main Roads approving the Mandurah Road Board's schedule of works, including £1000 for the following works on Old Coast Road: The name "Old Coast Road" was formally adopted on 27 January 1959, and a sealed road was completed in September 1969.
But for its light serving it has won an agreement with America that should let their battered relations start to mend.Late last night officials in Islamabad announced that they had approved the reopening of roads leading into landlocked Afghanistan to the NATO supply convoys that need them.
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