279 Highway Improvement Projects Underway or Completed in Pennsylvania Thanks to Stimulus Law
WASHINGTON, March 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There are currently 279 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)-financed highway construction projects underway or completed in Pennsylvania involving $898.1 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 24,987 jobs in Pennsylvania 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 $1.027 billion to Pennsylvania for highway, bridge and related improvements. This one-time bonus added more than 71 percent to Pennsylvania'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 $2.47 billion.
According to Buechner, a Harvard-trained economist, another 24 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 Pennsylvania congressional district.
Congressional District |
Number of projects |
Amount Obligated |
|
1 |
1 |
$77,377,214 |
|
2 |
2 |
$20,048,824 |
|
3 |
27 |
$52,656,136 |
|
4 |
8 |
$44,671,778 |
|
5 |
43 |
$88,374,783 |
|
6 |
3 |
$7,608,005 |
|
7 |
4 |
$26,385,664 |
|
8 |
2 |
$2,652,897 |
|
9 |
25 |
$55,070,058 |
|
10 |
43 |
$54,276,248 |
|
11 |
17 |
$86,888,583 |
|
12 |
22 |
$37,989,509 |
|
13 |
1 |
$273,000 |
|
14 |
4 |
$61,743,133 |
|
15 |
13 |
$43,527,431 |
|
16 |
7 |
$27,888,476 |
|
17 |
14 |
$64,587,436 |
|
18 |
6 |
$20,442,149 |
|
19 |
9 |
$34,356,238 |
|
Multidistrict, Philadelphia |
18 |
$116,129,286 |
|
Multidistrict, Pittsburgh |
5 |
$41,267,310 |
|
Multidistrict/Statewide |
29 |
$62,019,072 |
|
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
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