Federal recovery money to repair West Michigan highways
The Michigan legislature placed road and transit projects on the priority list and fast tracked legislation to funnel millions of federal dollars to those projects.
The Michigan legislature placed road and transit projects on the priority list and fast tracked legislation to funnel millions of federal dollars to those projects. State leaders expect the projects to create thousands of jobs.
According to excerpts from the story:
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm today signed legislation authorizing Michigan to spend $873 million of federal recovery money on hundreds of road and transit projects across the state that will create approximately 25,000 jobs.
The legislation authorized Michigan to spend $873 million in money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for a range of “shovel-ready” projects such as road-resurfacing, rehabilitation and widening, bridge rehabilitation, and transportation enhancement projects. The projects were chosen by planners, engineers, and local leaders and cover every region of the state.
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