1、Projects and P a ychecks state transportation successes A one-year report on state transportation successes under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act recovery.transportation.org February 2010 FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JANAt-a-Glance During the first year of the American Reco
2、very and Reinvestment Act of 2009, states and transit agen- cies have produced real jobs and real improvements to the nations transportation infrastructure. State departments of transportation have shown that they can get the job done, on time and under budget. The Facts (1) : As of December 31, $26
3、.4 billion, or 77 percent of the $34.3 billion provided for highways and transit, has been put out to bid on 12,250 projects. Within this total, 10,600 projects (totaling $22.6 billion) are under contract. Across the nation, work has begun on 9,240 projects totaling $20.6 billion60 percent of the to
4、tal available highway and transit formula funds. Work has been completed on 3,150 projects. The Federal Highway Administration reports that as of January 29: 11,100 highway projects have won federal approval to proceed; 7,050 highway projects are under contract or ready to proceed; and 2,140 highway
5、 projects are already completed. As of February 4, the Federal Transit Administration reported: It had obligated $7.23 billion of its recovery funding to over 700 projects, nearly 87 percent of available funding. Another 220 project applications, valued at $1.07 billion, were under review. If approv
6、ed, FTA will have distributed $8.3 billion to over 920 projects nationwide. Bids have come in across the country at 10 to 30 percent under estimates, leading to more work being accomplished. State Improvements Are Leading to Long-Lasting Results As of January 7, 2010: 1,125 bridges had been improved
7、, replaced, or newly constructed. 21,400 miles of pavement were either improved, resurfaced, or widened. 1,700 safety traffic management projects were implemented. Over 630 miles of bike lanes, sidewalks, or environmental mitigation projects were underway. 7,450 buses have been purchased and 1,637 b
8、us shelters constructed. Real People Are Working Real Jobs 280,000 direct, on-project jobs have been created or sustained across the country. Total employment from these projects, which includes direct, indirect, and induced jobs, reaches almost 890,000 jobs. Nearly 70 percent of transportation cont
9、ractors received recovery work. (1) Data supplied by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, based on state reporting. Other data from FHWA, FTA, and FRA. FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN P r o j e c t s a n d P a y c h e c k s a o n e - y e a r r e P o r t o n s t a t
10、e t r a n s P o r t a t i o n s u c c e s s e s u n d e r t h e a m e r i c a n r e c o v e r y a n d r e i n v e s t m e n t a c t 2010 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.message from aashtos P
11、residentStates Get the Job Done. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Foreword from aashtos executive directorInvesting in Transportation Pays Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12、 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v introductionThe Untold Transportation Success Stories of Economic Recovery. . . . . . . . . . vii chapter oneRecoveryOne Year, 10,000 Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 chapter twoConstructing Jo
13、bs: The People Behind the Stimulus Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 chapter threeThe Long-Lasting Benefits for Long-Term Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 chapter FourLooking to the Future and Longer-Term Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14、 . . . . . . . 19 appendicesState-by-State Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Projects and P a ychecks state transportation successes A one-year report on state transportation successes under th
15、e American Recovery and Reinvestment Act February 2010 FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN C o n t e n t s P r o j e c t s a n d P a y c h e c k s a o n e - y e a r r e P o r t o n s t a t e t r a n s P o r t a t i o n s u c c e s s e s u n d e r t h e a m e r i c a n r e c o v e r y a n
16、 d r e i n v e s t m e n t a c t FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN Acknowledgments The real story of the first year of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is about people: the people whose jobs were saved or who went back to work; the people who were able to make their mortgage
17、payment; the people who bought health insurance to care for an ailing relative. These men and women are the untold success stories of ARRAthe faces behind the numbers. Without ARRA, hundreds of thousands of workersemployed by state DOTs, by contractors and subcontractors, by manufacturers of everyth
18、ing from asphalt to pipeswould have seen few bright spots last year. With ARRA, they not only received a paycheck, paid their taxes and spent money in their communities, they made real and lasting improvements to the roads, bridges, interstates, buses, and transit systems we all rely on to go to wor
19、k, take kids to school, deliver milk and bread, and ensure that the ambulances and fire trucks get to our doors. This report is dedicated to them. AASHTO gratefully acknowledges the information and photographs provided by the state departments of transportation, the data provided by the House Commit
20、tee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Federal Highway Administration, and Federal Transit Admin- istration, as well as the work of Alan Greenblatt in the development of this report. 2010 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. All rights reserved. Duplication i
21、s a violation of applicable law.FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN iv P r o j e c t s a n d P a y c h e c k s a o n e - y e a r r e P o r t o n s t a t e t r a n s P o r t a t i o n s u c c e s s e s u n d e r t h e a m e r i c a n r e c o v e r y a n d r e i n v e s t m e n t a c t FEB
22、 MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN P r o j e c t s a n d P a y c h e c k s a o n e - y e a r r e P o r t o n s t a t e t r a n s P o r t a t i o n s u c c e s s e s u n d e r t h e a m e r i c a n r e c o v e r y a n d r e i n v e s t m e n t a c t Larry Butch Brown, AASHTO President State
23、s Get the Job Done The impact and importance of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) has been invalu- ableboth for my state and for all the states across the country represented by AASHTO. Its enactment one year ago provided the stepping stone we needed to move forward and build good tr
24、ansportation projects while creating jobs that may have gone by the way- side had it not been for ARRA funding. In Mississippi, the stimulus funding came just at a time when the economy was slowing down and our construction contracts were running out because we were running out of dollars. When we r
25、eceived the green light to proceed last February, my state felt it was very important for us to move quickly and show evidence of using stimulus dollars as soon as possible. We immediately put some paving and management programs in place so that the people of Mississippi could see jobs and see peopl
26、e at work. Then we focused on short-term and short-delivery proj- ects. Then we focused on those we could deliver in a year or 18 months The transportation agencies were the poster child for stimulus. Even though we only received a small portion of the dollars, we were the most visible. Across the c
27、ountry, the recovery program will leave a lasting transportation legacy. People will be driving on the newly paved roads for decades or traveling over bridges for another 100 years. Transit services will be sustained and facilities improved. In short, for every transportation dollar spent now, we ar
28、e giv- ing something back that will be permanent for the future. But we have much more to do. We would like to see a second jobs creation bill that includes more for transportation: one that would allow us to embark on well-planned, larger projects that are long-needed; one that would provide longer
29、-term employment for the folks involved in improving the bridges, high- ways, and transit services we need. As president of AASHTO, I think I can speak for all my colleagues and say that we are proud of our work over the past 12 monthsand we are ready and more than able to continue to get the job do
30、ne, on time and to the benefit of our communities. By Larry “Butch” Brown, AASHTO President, and Director of the Mississippi DOT 2010 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL A
31、UG SEP OCT NOV DEC JANION SUCCESSES UNDER THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT v Investing in Transportation Pays O Investment in transportation has turned out to be one of the fastest and most e ective ways to create jobs under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA). Monthly report
32、s gathered by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee from states, metropolitan planning organizations, and transit agencies show that as of December 31, 2009, 10,600 highway and transit projects were under construction totaling $20.6 billion. e Committee determined that these projects
33、 had created or sustained more than 280,000 direct, on-project jobs; and when indirect and induced jobs are counted, total employment from this investment reached over 890,000 jobs. Although transportation received only 6 percent of total recovery act funding, it represents more than 24 percent of t
34、he jobs created by the Act so far. Looking at highway investment alone, continuing progress has been made in putting stimulus funding to work. As of January 29, 2010, $24 billion in high- way dollars had been obligated, out of the total of $26.8 billion made available to states. Of the 11,100 projec
35、ts obligated, 2,140 projects had been completed, and 6,893 projects were under contract. Every state made the deadline to obligate at least half of the funds they received by June 30, 2009. One hundred percent of their projects will have to be obligated by March 2, 2010. Does this work translate int
36、o true recovery? If unemployment in the construction industry overall stands at over 22 percent today, a legitimate question to ask is whether stimulus investment in transportation has made a di erence or not. e answer is clearly yes. Unemployment for construction workers in America increased by nea
37、rly 600,000 by the end of 2009 to two million, up from 1.43 million in December 2008. at increase took place because of a huge drop in private construction activity. In 2009, housing and commercial construction both came to a virtual stand- still. According to the U.S. Census Bureau as of December 2
38、009, “Overall construction spending was at the lowest level in six years.” So what is the picture for transportation construction? According to the Census Bureau, “Public construc- tion, fueled by recovery act dollars, was 5.7 percent higher in November 2009 than November 2008. Spending on highways
39、and transit construction projects rose by $9.2 billion.” FOREWORD By John Horsley, AASHTO Executive Director John Horsley, AASHTO Executive Director 2010 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.FEB M
40、AR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN vi PROJECTS AND PAYCHECKS A ONE-YEAR REPORT ON STATE TRANSPORTAT According to Alison Black, senior economist for the American Road and Transportation Builders As- sociation, “Recovery funding has been the lifeline that has, thus far, kept much of the indust
41、ry a oat during the economic downturn.” She added that while federal recovery funds have added jobs, many state transportation departments have been forced to reduce state-funded contracts due to a fall-o in state revenues. What the data shows is that hundreds of thousands of jobs have been created
42、or preserved through over 10,600 highway and transit recovery act projects under way in all 50 states. Since then, contracts have been let and even more projects are underway. As this report will show, there is no question that invest- ing in transportation infrastructure has been fast and e ective.
43、 Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen breaks ground on an economic recovery bridge project with subcontractor John Allen and his grandchildren. 2010 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. All rights reserved. Duplication is a violation of applicable law.FEB MAR APR MA
44、Y JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN P r o j e c t s a n d P a y c h e c k s a o n e - y e a r r e P o r t o n s t a t e t r a n s P o r t a t i o n s u c c e s s e s u n d e r t h e a m e r i c a n r e c o v e r y a n d r e i n v e s t m e n t a c t FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN P r
45、o j e c t s a n d P a y c h e c k s a o n e - y e a r r e P o r t o n s t a t e t r a n s P o r t a t i o n s u c c e s s e s u n d e r t h e a m e r i c a n r e c o v e r y a n d r e i n v e s t m e n t a c t vii The Untold Transportation Success Stories of Economic Recovery There are many ways to
46、measure the success of transportation spending under the economic recovery program. The projectsmiles of bad road improved, bridges repaired, aging interstates rebuilt or made safer, new access to boost a communitys economic growth. Lasting improve- ments to our transportation system. The paychecksw
47、orkers who find a job after months of unemployment; contractors who by winning a bid can keep employees on the job, and recall others perhaps laid off; suppliers who provide concrete, asphalt, and steel; local diners, laundromats, grocery stores where people spend their pay. Finally, the peoplewho g
48、ain an hour a day from a better commute; who drive on safer highways and bridges; who see new jobs result in the economy and new oppor- tunities to grow. The first year of transportation investment under the American Reinvestment and Recov- ery Act is not just about numbers, the faces, the state-by-
49、state results of taxpayer dollars well spentalthough they are all important. It is really about the American spiritpeople ready and eager to work for the ultimate good of the entire country. The message is clear. Working with federal and local partners and the transportation indus- try, states delivered good jobs and good projects at an astonishing pace11,000 projects in a year; resulting in payrolls of more than $1.4 billion for workers on highway and transit jobs. Yet every state knows that this is only a down
