Constructing the Employment Solution: Who Will Rebuild America?
On February 24, NCF hosted a forum to examine how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will create needed jobs in transportation infrastructure. The administration has committed to appropriating stimulus money for shovel-ready projects by July 2009, but questions remain: Where is the money going, and will it create jobs? Are communities truly able to access funds to provide employment and bolster their local economies?
Speakers Included:
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Joel S. Abraman, Director, Government Relations, New Flyer
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William R. Buechner Ph.D, Vice President, Economics and Research, American Road & Transportation Builders Association
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Lisa McLean, Director, Transportation Infrastructure, Congressional and Public Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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Terry Neimeyer P.E., President and CEO, KCI Technologies Inc.
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Jeffrey L. Sterner P.E., President, High Steel Structures,
View the agenda (pdf)
In the coming months, NCF will track announced projects from all over the country in the coming months, and answer questions from local communities and business owners to determine if proposed stimulus dollars are doing what was promised
West
Caltrans project promises 200 jobs in Northern California this year (5/6/09)
$48 million committed to 14 road projects in Western Colorado (5/4/09)
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter quickly appropriates stimulus money to key infrastructure projects (5/2/09)
San Bernadino, CA dedicates majority of stimulus funding to widen key section of I-215 (5/2/09)
Washington State Rail project seeks stimulus funds in public-private partnership to pay for project (4/30/09)
Stimulus money promises to create 1,200 new jobs in Portland, OR sustainable streetcar project (4/30/09)
Montana DOT begins bidding on nearly 70 stimulus projects, from roads to runways (4/29/09)
Midwest
Missouri highway bypass project fast-tracked by stimulus funding (5/4/09)
Approved Illinois transportation projects do not include Mississippi River bridge project; not “shovel-ready” (5/4/08)
Stimulus dollars revive “green” inland port project in Ohio (5/2/09)
Ohio signage will indicate stimulus dollars at work on roadways (5/1/09)
Northeast
Hudson River Valley improvements promise to create 150 jobs (5/4/09)
Three shovel-ready projects kick off in Pennsylvania; completion by Fall 2009 (5/4/09)
Mid-Atlantic
Stimulus dollars to improve Virginia’s Robertson Bridge starting in 2010 (4/29/09)
Southeast
Naples Chamber of Commerce helps aim stimulus funds toward job creation (5/3/09)
Resources:
More about NCF’s job Series
Americans for Transportation Mobility
Let’s Rebuild America
ShovelWatch
Department of Transporation’s Recovery Information
For more information please contact Elizabeth Dixon or Hanna Felleke at (202) 463-5500 or ncfevents@uschamber.com
