150 Highway Improvement Projects Underway or Completed in Georgia Thanks to Stimulus Law

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American Road & Transportation Builders Association

Mar 08, 2010, 04:24 ET

WASHINGTON, March 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There are currently 150 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)-financed highway construction projects underway or completed in Georgia involving $465.8 million in funds, according to data released today by the Washington, D.C.-based American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The projects underway or completed have supported or are supporting 12,960 jobs in Georgia that would otherwise not exist, says ARTBA Vice President of Economics & Research Dr. Bill Buechner.

ARRA, signed into law on February 17, 2009, provided $48 billion for transportation improvements over two years, including $27.5 billion for highway, bridge and related construction projects nationwide. The law is having significant impacts on the transportation construction industry in all 50 states.

ARRA provided $932.8 million to Georgia for highway, bridge and related improvements. This one-time bonus added more than 81 percent to Georgia's regular federal highway funds under the current federal surface transportation law – Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) – bringing the state's total federal highway funding in 2009 to a record $2.08 billion.

According to Buechner, a Harvard-trained economist, another 193 projects have been identified and are slated to be under construction shortly.

The following shows the number of ARRA-financed highway projects and amount obligated in each

Georgia congressional district.


Congressional District	Number of projects	Amount Obligated
1	34	$86,665,347
2	43	$86,835,121
3	38	$85,771,226
4	19	$56,778,387
5	12	$38,240,488
6	23	$66,378,240
7	8	$63,631,194
8	31	$117,272,487
9	22	$21,766,493
10	43	$87,392,499
11	18	$42,277,506
12	37	$43,465,818
13	13	$39,155,780
Multidistrict	2	$1,171,095

A full report can be obtained by contacting ARTBA's Jeff Solsby at [email protected] or 202-289-4434.

For 108 years, ARTBA has represented the U.S. transportation design and construction industry before Congress, the White House, federal agencies, news media and general public.

SOURCE American Road & Transportation Builders Association