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Indiana fully invests highway, bridge stimulus funds

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) it has fully advertised or awarded all $658 million of Indiana’s highway and bridge allocation under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Recovery Act has funded 1,082 transportation projects spread across all 92 counties, with 62 percent of the funds invested in economically distressed counties. “While the full […]

February 10, 2010

Nevada obligates all $201 million stimulus funds

The Nevada Department of Transportation has obligated all $201 million of its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Highway Funds, one month ahead of schedule. Of the $201 million that Nevada received as part of the federal ARRA highway funding, all 17 counties received funding totaling 69 projects statewide. More than $120 million went to projects […]

February 9, 2010

MoDOT has obligated all recovery act funds a month ahead of schedule

JEFFERSON CITY , Mo.– The Missouri Department of Transportation has obligated all of the $524.6 million it received in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for MoDOT administered projects, meeting the required deadline a month ahead of schedule. State departments of transportation are required by ARRA guidelines to obligate (or commit funds to a specific […]

February 8, 2010

CNN report: Firms that broke the law still get stimulus money

The federal stimulus program is funding roadway construction in many Massachusetts towns. But more than one-half of the companies that have received taxpayer dollars to perform the work have a history of breaking the law. According to an investigation by Boston University’s New England Center for Investigative Reporting, more than half the companies given stimulus […]

February 4, 2010

Missouri receives $31 million for high-speed rail projects

Missouri was awarded $31 million for high-speed rail projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), a.k.a. “the stimulus.” “We are very pleased. This is the best news we could have hoped for given the extreme competition for rail funding,” said Brian Weiler, director of Multimodal Operations at the Missouri Department of Transportation, in […]

January 29, 2010

2009 a difficult year but ‘devastating’ to the construction industry

It’s no secret that it’s rough out there. It’s been that way for a while now. But in the construction industry, we’ve been one of the hardest hit job sectors. While only 5 percent of the U.S. workforce, construction workers shouldered 20 percent of non-farm layoffs last year, Stephen E. Sandherr said in the Associated […]

January 21, 2010

AASHTO says Associated Press economic stimulus analysis ‘flawed’

According to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the Associated Press released a flawed analysis of the results of the economic stimulus spending on roads and bridges. Its authors overlooked the 210,000 direct on-project transportation jobs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee determined were created by stimulus. And it argues that […]

January 20, 2010

AASHTO says Associated Press economic stimulus analysis ‘flawed’

According to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the Associated Press released a flawed analysis of the results of the economic stimulus spending on roads and bridges. Its authors overlooked the 210,000 direct on-project transportation jobs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee determined were created by stimulus. And it argues that […]

January 20, 2010

Association of Modified Asphalt Producers annual conference planned for Feb. 1-3 in Savannah, Ga.

The Association of Modified Asphalt Producers (AMAP), a St. Louis-based international association dedicated to the development, production and use of modified asphalts has announced that it will host its 11th annual conference, Feb. 1-3, in Savannah, Ga., at the Hyatt Regency Savannah. The event is open to anyone involved, interested or invested in the highway […]

January 15, 2010

DOT to award stimulus grants early

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced it will accelerate stimulus spending and announce $1.5 billion in TIGER Discretionary Grants as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act one month early. The TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Discretionary Grant program will award ARRA funds on a competitive basis to projects that have a significant […]

January 15, 2010

Obama expects unemployment to continue to rise

Fantastic. I’ve now learned that not only is the United States in the most debt it has ever been in — $1 trillion, with a possible $2 million deficit by later this year — but unemployment is expected to continue to rise. I thought the idea of the nearly trillion-dollar stimulus plan was to get […]

January 15, 2010

Stimulus funds its 6,000th project; LaHood lauds as as ‘major milestone’

The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), a.k.a. the stimulus, has funded its 6,000th highway project mark with a $44.5 million project near Phoenix. The project will widen the route between State Route 303 and 99th Avenue, which serves an estimated 45,000 vehicles daily, from four lanes to six, according to the U.S. DOT. In addition, […]

January 15, 2010

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