305 Highway Improvement Projects Underway or Completed in California Thanks to Stimulus Law

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American Road & Transportation Builders Association

Mar 08, 2010, 04:27 ET

WASHINGTON, March 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There are currently 305 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)-financed highway construction projects underway or completed in California involving $1.26 billion 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 35,184 jobs in California 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 $2.57 billion to California for highway, bridge and related improvements. This one-time bonus added more than 85 percent to California'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 $5.58 billion.

According to Buechner, a Harvard-trained economist, another 601 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

California congressional district.

Congressional District	Number of projects	Amount Obligated
1	47	$32,630,284
2	49	$108,848,455
3	21	$28,782,536
4	54	$113,916,924
5	4	$27,096,413
6	19	$17,515,602
7	18	$14,603,000
8	8	$133,280,715
9	6	$33,867,069
10	25	$32,445,794
11	25	$40,159,490
12	20	$24,593,382
13	8	$12,181,000
14	20	$16,286,048
15	8	$9,704,222
16	11	$30,770,135
17	32	$39,570,586
18	23	$53,772,700
19	30	$35,623,003
20	31	$24,654,213
21	21	$41,841,064
22	27	$82,662,786
23	32	$35,573,152
24	18	$26,500,211
25	21	$39,237,378
26	6	$4,779,000
27	15	$18,902,680
28	3	$32,856,000
29	13	$9,557,404
30-32	22	$30,642,709
34	36	$54,124,021
35	12	$19,719,841
36	12	$10,376,000
37	12	$15,461,455
38	13	$14,742,664
39	14	$11,267,732
40	12	$9,434,963
41	6	$10,024,977
42	9	$12,157,170
43	3	$128,516,033
44	6	$23,890,482
45	7	$55,907,917
46	11	$6,751,971
47	8	$6,792,704
48	16	$23,568,831
49	1	$75,612,901
50	1	$8,525,838
51	16	$81,027,303
53	1	$4,002,427
Multidistrict, Los Angeles	33	$406,318,146
Multidistrict, San Francisco	5	$205,357,095
Multidistrict, rest of state	30	$135,192,408

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