On The Move
101 Highway Improvement Projects Underway or Completed in South Carolina Thanks to Stimulus Law
Mar 10, 2010
SOUTH CAROLINA & WASHINGTON, DC - March 8, 2010 - There are currently 101 American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)-financed highway construction projects underway or completed in South Carolina involving $278 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 7,736 jobs in South Carolina 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 $465.3 million to South Carolina for highway, bridge and related improvements. This one-time bonus added more than 84 percent to South Carolina'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 $1.01 billion.
According to Buechner, a Harvard-trained economist, another 70 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 South Carolina congressional district.
Congressional District Number of projects Amount Obligated
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1 20 $43,693,777
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2 27 $57,504,573
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3 31 $63,694,984
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4 18 $51,372,999
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5 26 $56,928,803
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6 21 $56,067,356
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Multidistrict/Statewide 28 $93,909,292
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A full report can be obtained by contacting ARTBA's Jeff Solsby at jsolsby@artba.org 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.
