303 Highway Improvement Projects Underway or Completed in New York Thanks to Stimulus Law
WASHINGTON, March 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There are currently 303 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)-financed highway construction projects underway or completed in New York involving $636.6 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 17,768 jobs in New York 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 $1.13 billion to New York for highway, bridge and related improvements. This one-time bonus added more than 77 percent to New York'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 $2.58 billion.
According to Buechner, a Harvard-trained economist, another 140 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
New York congressional district.
Congressional District |
Number of projects |
Amount Obligated |
|
1-3 |
7 |
$29,296,204 |
|
12-16 |
6 |
$51,627,547 |
|
17-18 |
10 |
$61,367,864 |
|
19 |
18 |
$22,697,488 |
|
20 |
26 |
$33,225,855 |
|
21 |
21 |
$60,417,759 |
|
22 |
39 |
$74,029,768 |
|
23 |
24 |
$26,718,565 |
|
24 |
51 |
$57,019,866 |
|
25 |
14 |
$31,285,339 |
|
26 |
37 |
$43,551,950 |
|
27 |
25 |
$26,391,649 |
|
28 |
20 |
$33,370,489 |
|
29 |
44 |
$56,308,172 |
|
Multidistrict, NYC Metro |
25 |
$120,675,505 |
|
Multidistrict, rest of state |
76 |
$216,484,703 |
|
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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