By Jim Berard 202-226-5064
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today released the latest progress report on the states’ use of funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. For the first time, today’s report includes state-by-state rankings of wastewater infrastructure investments under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund as well as highway and bridge projects.
Minnesota is the top state in the water infrastructure rankings. Projects underway in that state account for more than 96 percent of the state’s allocated funds under CWSRF.
Seven states—Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Mississippi, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Utah—plus the District of Columbia are tied for dead last, having reported no movement at all with the Recovery Act clean water funds.
On the highway side, Wyoming continues to lead in the rankings. The state reports projects accounting for 98.9 percent of its allocation are now out to bid, under contract, or underway.
Virginia trails the field with only 48.6 percent of its highway and bridge funding out to bid, 26.1 percent under contract, and 17.2 percent in projects underway.
Of the $34.3 billion provided for highway and transit formula programs under the Recovery Act, $22.8 billion, or 67 percent, is put out to bid on 9,104 projects. Within this total, 7,594 projects totaling $18.2 billion are under contract. Across the nation, work has begun on 6,700 projects totaling $15.9 billion – 46 percent of the total available highway and transit formula funds. These 6,700 highway and transit projects have created or sustained more than 165,000 direct, on-project jobs, as well as tens of thousands of indirect jobs in the past eight months.
Of the $64.1 billion provided for both transportation and non-transportation programs under the Recovery Act, federal, state, and local agencies administering programs within the Committee’s jurisdiction have announced 13,319 transportation and other infrastructure projects totaling $42.5 billion, representing 66 percent of the total available funds. Within this total, states and agencies have obligated $36.4 billion for 12,866 projects, representing 57 percent of the available funds.
The numbers reflect data reported to the Committee as of September 30.
Complete tables for water infrastructure and highway and bridge rankings, as well as a list of projects and a detailed state-by-state breakdown on the use of Recovery Act formula funds under the Committee’s jurisdiction, are available at http://transportation.house.gov. Click on the button labeled “Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Information.”
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Click here for more information on the hearing, “Recovery Act: Progress Report on Water Resources Infrastructure Investment.”
