279 Highway Improvement Projects Underway or Completed in Pennsylvania Thanks to Stimulus Law

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American Road & Transportation Builders Association

Mar 08, 2010, 04:58 ET

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