{"id":776,"date":"2016-05-23T12:57:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T16:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=776"},"modified":"2016-05-23T12:57:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T16:57:41","slug":"lt-dot-officials-present-update-on-i-93-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=776","title":{"rendered":"LT: DOT Officials Present Update on I-93 Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Londonderry Times<br \/>\n<!-- Jetpack Open Graph Tags --><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n<span class=\"mceItemHidden\" data-mce-bogus=\"1\"><span><\/span>\/\/ &lt;![CDATA[ (function(<span class=\"mceItemHidden\" data-mce-bogus=\"1\"><span class=\"hiddenGrammarError\" data-mce-bogus=\"1\" pre=\"\">i<\/span><\/span>,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga'); 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