In 1998, Congress had earmarked $375,000 to upgrade "State Road 31" in Columbus, Ind.
Diego Comin at Dartmouth and coauthors have emphasized that the speed of diffusion of new technologies fell significantly in the Great Recession, as firms stopped investing in upgrading their capabilities to the state of the art.
The Innocence Project has proposed some important reforms that states should use in upgrading their criminal justice system.
Benefit payments will most likely be delayed, or services interrupted, for some people who receive welfare, Medicaid, food stamps or other types of assistance; most states are lagging in upgrading their computer programs.
Clearly, it needs to move quickly and invest in upgrading tracks and signals, and importing state-of-the art technology to make journeys safer.
In January Mr Schwarzenegger grandly announced a ten-year plan to invest almost $223 billion, including $68 billion in taxpayers' bonds, to upgrade the state's fraying infrastructure.
At least 115 countries, and possibly as many as 150, out of a total of 193, are forecast to vote in favour of upgraded "non-member state" status.
In the late 1960s, Stockbridge Road between Webberville and Stockbridge was upgraded to state highway standards and uploaded from the county to the state.
Several students interviewed in upgrade programmes stated they intended to continue working in their current health facilities, and expected to be promoted.
In 2013, LRISA worked with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of Veterans Servicess to upgrade the state plan for long-term care.
Mr. Patrick said that upgrading these in-state routes would spur economic development.
