The new $8.5-million bridge being built over the Osage River near Tuscumbia, Mo., was the country’s first stimulus-financed project to get under way after President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Feb. 17. The new bridge will take the place of a rickety steel-truss bridge that has stood since 1933. Tuscumbia, Mo. Photo: MODOT New Tuscumbia bridge spanning the Osage River is on schedule for October 2010 completion. Related Links: Stimulus: A Snapshot of Top Shovel-, Wrench- and Pencil-Ready Projects In the months before the ARRA bill was enacted, the Missouri Dept. of Transportation laid the groundwork
Taking advantage of newly granted borrowing authority, the Western Area Power Administration has dusted off plans for a U.S.-Canada intertie and is close to an agreement with a private developer to take a stake in a $213-million project to wheel up to 300 MW between Montana and Alberta. Power is to be generated from wind farms, some still to be constructed, in and around Cut Bank, Mont. Great Falls, Mont. Related Links: Stimulus: A Snapshot of Top Shovel-, Wrench- and Pencil-Ready Projects WAPA moved quickly to find money and a developer by authority granted under Section 402 of the American
New Jersey Dept. of Transportation recently leveraged $70 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to proceed with the second phase of a major replacement project on the Route 52 causeway near Atlantic City, improving a key link to the southern Jersey shore. Traffic volume tops 40,000 vehicles daily in summer, NJDOT says. Ocean City, N.J. Photo: NJDOT Causeway bridges are being replaced to handle heavy shore traffic. Related Links: Stimulus: A Snapshot of Top Shovel-, Wrench- and Pencil-Ready Projects Agency spokesman Tim Greeley says the $251-million project will create 500 new construction jobs throughout its three-year duration. There
Before You Can Say, “Let there be light,” you first have to say, “Let there be concrete and steel.” At least that is the way the process works with some of the scientific research at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, N.Y., where $150 million of stimulus funding is speeding up parts of a big new research laboratory. Upton, N.Y. Photo: Brookhaven National Laboratory Ring-shaped Lab in Upton, N.Y., used stimulus money to speed contractors held back by annual funding cycles, and parts, but not all, of the project have been moved up for earlier completion. Photo: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Though housing development across San Francisco has slowed to a crawl during the recession, a plan to build a 196-unit mixed-use complex on the central waterfront is off the ground because of $1.7 million in federal stimulus funds. San Francisco, California Photo: Martin Building Co. Repurposed warehouses will abut newly constructed apartments. Related Links: Stimulus: A Snapshot of Top Shovel-, Wrench- and Pencil-Ready Projects Funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will cover the first phase of the Potrero Launch project, which involves soil testing prior to brownfield cleanup on a 1.25-acre site in a heavy industrial zone near
As the American Recovery and Rein-vestment Act reaches the eight-month mark, the construction industry is seeing a decidedly mixed picture. The $787-billion stimulus package’s estimated $130 billion of construction money is flowing out through many federal and nonfederal agency channels, but those agencies are moving their ARRA money out at varying rates on diverse projects across the U.S. Some are shown on the following pages. Related Links: Stimulus: Complete Listing of Top Shovel-, Wrench- and Pencil-Ready Projects: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Oct. 1 that the Federal Highway Administration had obligated 72% of
“Exciting and bittersweet” is how Anthony Buhl, CEO of EnergX, a contractor at the U.S. Energy Dept’s Oak Ridge nuclear waste cleanup site near Knoxville, Tenn., describes his portion of the complex’s stimulus infusion gained early this year. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Photo: Oak Ridge Convention & Visitors Bureau / Wescott Production since the 1940s has left nuclear waste stores and tainted buildings to be cleared. Photo: U.S. Energy Dept. New hire training lasted three months and is critical to executing Oak Ridge’s ARA-funded cleanup. Related Links: Stimulus: A Snapshot of Top Shovel-, Wrench- and Pencil-Ready Projects About $125 million of
An infusion of $220 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding is letting the U.S. section of the International Boundary and Water Commission accelerate work on 170 miles of levees of the Rio Grande flood control system in Texas and New Mexico. The El Paso, Texas-based commission says the work will improve flood protection for more than two million U.S. residents. El Paso, Texas Photo: International Boundary and Water Longhorn Excavators is one of the first contractors out of the gate to upgrade levees along the lower Rio Grande River in Texas and New Mexico. Related Links: Stimulus: A
Timing is everything, and Advance Transit, a private nonprofit company providing bus and paratransit services across the Upper Valley region of Vermont and New Hampshire, took advantage of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act to speed an upgrade to its bus garage. Wilder, Vt. Related Links: Stimulus: A Snapshot of Top Shovel-, Wrench- and Pencil-Ready Projects In 2005, Advance applied for federal funding to build an expanded parking garage in Wilder, Vt., for its fleet of 30 buses and handicapped vans. The new garage includes a drive-through bus wash and an additional mechanical lift, as well as several energy-efficiency components
One of President Obama’s final pitches for passage of the stimulus package was the uncompleted Fairfax County Parkway in northern Virginia. Although the Virginia Dept. of Transportation (VDOT) in 2004 allocated $89 million to complete a 2-mile segment adjacent to Fort Belvoir and Interstate 95, the project stalled due to its route across a portion of the Army’s Engineer Proving Ground (EPG), an 820-acre tract heavily contaminated from years of ordnance testing and training activities. Fairfax, Va. Photo: Jim Parsons / ENR New road will carry thousands of workers to government offices in suburban Virginia. Related Links: Stimulus: A Snapshot
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