22 Highway Improvement Projects Underway or Completed in Virginia Thanks to Stimulus Law

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American Road & Transportation Builders Association

Mar 08, 2010, 05:29 ET

WASHINGTON, March 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There are currently 22 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)-financed highway construction projects underway or completed in Virginia involving $128.9 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 3,586 jobs in Virginia 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 $695.7 million to Virginia for highway, bridge and related improvements. This one-time bonus added more than 81 percent to Virginia'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 $1.56 billion.

According to Buechner, a Harvard-trained economist, another 81 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

Virginia congressional district.


Congressional District	Number of projects	Amount Obligated
1	15	$46,042,893
2	2	$9,645,484
3	4	$3,417,579
4	15	$35,400,998
5	5	$29,807,789
6	5	$37,520,231
7	7	$39,960,354
8	3	$1,550,000
9	5	$63,700,910
10	3	$6,977,238
Multidistrict/Statewide	39	$177,937,383

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