282 Highway Improvement Projects Underway or Completed in Texas Thanks to Stimulus Law
WASHINGTON, March 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There are currently 282 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)-financed highway construction projects underway or completed in Texas involving $305.3 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 29,275 jobs in Texas 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 $2.26 billion to Texas for highway, bridge and related improvements. This one-time bonus added more than 78 percent to Texas'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 $5.13 billion.
According to Buechner, a Harvard-trained economist, another 160 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 Texas congressional district:
Congressional District |
Number of projects |
Amount Obligated |
|
1 |
21 |
$67,024,960 |
|
2 |
4 |
$5,953,429 |
|
3 |
2 |
$1,612,852 |
|
4 |
21 |
$39,755,414 |
|
5 |
10 |
$21,681,630 |
|
6 |
20 |
$52,133,384 |
|
7 |
3 |
$667,516 |
|
8 |
15 |
$163,726,618 |
|
9 |
2 |
$1,435,762 |
|
10 |
18 |
$53,204,469 |
|
11 |
26 |
$50,799,608 |
|
12 |
11 |
$133,427,067 |
|
13 |
29 |
$54,306,370 |
|
14 |
26 |
$76,946,488 |
|
15 |
21 |
$155,369,800 |
|
16 |
5 |
$100,830,745 |
|
17 |
18 |
$61,504,555 |
|
18 |
2 |
$18,940,789 |
|
19 |
20 |
$58,306,650 |
|
20 |
5 |
$18,555,801 |
|
21 |
12 |
$15,843,957 |
|
22 |
9 |
$35,716,531 |
|
23 |
13 |
$23,574,482 |
|
24 |
1 |
$250,000,000 |
|
25 |
10 |
$19,935,056 |
|
26 |
5 |
$4,161,516 |
|
27 |
10 |
$80,725,983 |
|
28 |
16 |
$54,156,385 |
|
29 |
5 |
$18,689,318 |
|
30 |
4 |
$22,458,145 |
|
31 |
13 |
$165,145,088 |
|
32 |
1 |
$474,016 |
|
Multidistrict, Austin area |
13 |
$78,640,767 |
|
Multidistrict, Dallas area |
2 |
$2,430,629 |
|
Multidistrict, Houston area |
9 |
$79,337,505 |
|
Multidistrict, other |
40 |
$130,641,254 |
|
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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