AASHTO ARRA-1: PROJECTS AND PAYCHECKS

On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act into law, releasing some $48 billion to jumpstart the nation’s flagging economy and rebuild our aging transportation systems.

One year later, a discussion of how state transportation departments have set an amazing record of speed and efficiency, providing tens of thousands of jobs and billions in paychecks to American workers.