46 Highway Improvement Projects Underway or Completed in New Jersey Thanks to Stimulus Law

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American Road & Transportation Builders Association

Mar 08, 2010, 04:42 ET

WASHINGTON, March 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There are currently 46 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)-financed highway construction projects underway or completed in New Jersey involving $418.4 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 11,642 jobs in New Jersey 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 $651.8 million to New Jersey for highway, bridge and related improvements. This one-time bonus added more than 75 percent to New Jersey'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 $1.51 billion.

According to Buechner, a Harvard-trained economist, another 107 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 Jersey congressional district.


Congressional District	Number of projects	Amount Obligated
1	14	$106,066,413
2	12	$95,232,273
3	5	$13,819,170
4	12	$30,262,105
5	12	$19,496,741
6	4	$41,692,498
7	7	$14,127,209
8	15	$56,334,035
9	13	$100,901,245
10	7	$61,324,573
11	20	$31,112,624
12	6	$11,619,087
13	7	$10,730,114
Multidistrict/Statewide	19	$45,989,580

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