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 $932.8 million to Georgia for highway, bridge and related improvements. This one-time bonus added more than 81 percent to Georgia'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 $2.08 billion.
According to Buechner, a Harvard-trained economist, another 193 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 Georgia congressional district.
Congressional District Number of projects Amount Obligated-----
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1 34 $86,665,347
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2 43 $86,835,121
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3 38 $85,771,226
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4 19 $56,778,387
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5 12 $38,240,488
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6 23 $66,378,240
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7 8 $63,631,194
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8 31 $117,272,487
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9 22 $21,766,493
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10 43 $87,392,499
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11 18 $42,277,506
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12 37 $43,465,818
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13 13 $39,155,780
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Multidistrict 2 $1,171,095
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