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AASHTO Press Releases

New AASHTO Report Documents "Transportation’s Summer of Recovery"

Faces of Recovery Show Real People, Real Projects and Real Paychecks

States Awarded $777 Million in TIGER Recovery Funds from U.S. DOT: Grants Issued on First Anniversary of Recovery Act Will Create More Jobs

1st Anniversary Report on Recovery Act Prompts Call for Jobs Bill

AASHTO Journal Articles

Caltrans Signs Presidio Parkway PPP Agreement

Illinois Opens Stearns Road Bridge Corridor in Chicago Suburbs

Caltrans Opens Expanded California 91 in Anaheim

DART Green Line Opens Ahead of Schedule

Recovery Act Continues to Support More Than 50,000 Transportation Jobs

Indiana & Kentucky Break Ground on Milton/Madison Bridge

Recovery Act Transportation Construction Employment Up 11% from Aug.

State Press Releases and News Articles

A Year Later: Gov. Gregoire, Interior Secretary Salazar highlight success of Recovery Act

Recovery Act Transportation Projects Ahead of Schedule

Mississippi DOT "Grateful" for Recovery Act

Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department Obligates Last of Stimulus Funds Well Ahead of Deadline
Information Release from AHTD.

Georgia DOT Commissioner Vance C. Smith, Jr. heralds the stimulus funding as crucial to his state.

In Rhode Island, Michael P. Lewis, director of the state's department of transportation (RIDOT) spoke on the site of a crucial project in Narragansett.

Kirk T. Steudle, Michigan's transportation director, said stimulus jobs for Michigan workers came at a time when there was no private investment occurring in his state.

Other Organizations' Press Releases

First Anniversary of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act "In Their Own Words": Industry Leaders Document "Real World" Impacts

Congressional Press Releases

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
Statement onRecovery Funds Allocated to San Francisco Public Transportation Systems

John Mica (R-FL)
New Auto Train Station Groundbreaking Signals Stimulus

John R. Carter (R-TX)
Carter Works for $6 Billion TX Highway Funds in Stimulus Package

Mary Bono Mack (R-CA)
Transportation Projects Will Benefit the District

Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)
Rahall Announces $18M for Public Transit

Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
Rockefeller, Rahall Announce $225 Million in Stimulus Recovery Bonds for West Virginia

Senator Olympia Snow (R-ME)
Snowe Announces $100 Million in Stimulus Funds Available for Green Transportation Projects

Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)
Senator Collins Comments on Announcements of First Stimulus-Funded Project in Maine

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