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October 14, 2010
This week's stimulus snapshot
- State project awarded on SR 26 in Adams County
- Richland completed its First Street Improvements project in Benton County
- Stimulus reporting under way
- Over 5,000 highway projects completed nationwide
- Important stimulus dates
- Useful Recovery Act web links
- Stimulus data table update
State Recovery Act project awarded – On October 12, WSDOT awarded the SR 26/Grant County line to Othello – Resurfacing project to Central Washington Asphalt Inc. of Moses Lake. The Recovery Act-funded projected in Adams County will apply chip seal on SR 26.
One more local Recovery Act highway project completed
Quarterly federal reporting underway – WSDOT, local governments, and transit agencies are completing quarterly federal accountability reports. Recovery Act fund recipients are required to report on employment, project delivery, and spending that occurred in the quarter ending September 30, 2010. The information will be published on Recovery.gov on October 30.
FHWA reports over 5,300 Recovery Act highway projects now complete nationwide – The Federal Highway Administration’s latest weekly update at www.fhwa.dot.gov shows more than 5,300 highway projects receiving stimulus funds have been completed. Another 6,200 projects are under construction. Including projects that have been completed or are under way, 13,300 projects have received federal stimulus funds.
Federal Transportation Blog highlights this week – Check the WSDOT Federal Issues blog for recent items on electric vehicles, infrastructure investments, Amtrak Cascades, Recovery Act grants, and the planned transportation reauthorization bill.
Important dates
October 20: Next accountability report to the T & I Committee
October 30: Federal accountability reports published at Recovery.gov
Fall: Next high-speed rail grant announcements expected
Fall: TIGER II award announcements expected
Websites of interest
WSDOT ARRA website: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/funding/stimulus
WSDOT Federal Transportation Issues blog: http://wsdotfederalfunding.blogspot.com
Washington recovery website: http://www.recovery.wa.gov/
Federal recovery website: http://www.recovery.gov/
FHWA recovery website: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/economicrecovery/index.htm
Federal Transit Administration recovery website: www.fta.dot.gov/recovery
Federal Railroad Administration recovery website: http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/2153
Federal Aviation Administration recovery website: http://www.faa.gov/recovery
OMB recovery website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/recovery_default/
This week by the numbers (project dollars in millions)
Individual highway projects | State | Local | Total | Notes |
|---|
Operationally complete |
34 (69%) |
114 (67%) |
148 (68%) |
One additional project completed this edition |
Awarded/under way1 |
48 (98%) |
162 (95%) |
210 (96%) |
Includes completed projects |
Advertised |
49 (100%) |
164 (96%) |
213 (97%) |
Includes completed and awarded projects |
Certified, awaiting advertisement |
0 (0%) |
6 (4%) |
6 (3%) |
These projects are planned for upcoming advertisement |
Total highway funds |
$340 |
$152 |
$492 |
|
Obligated funds2 |
$340 (100%) |
$152 (100%) |
$492 (100%) |
All funds were obligated by
March 2, 2010 |
Projects certified |
49 (100%) |
170 (100%) |
219 (100%) |
Two additional projects certified
in September |
Projects obligated2
|
49 (100%) |
170 (100%) |
219 (100%) |
FHWA has approved funds for the projects |
Safety funding buckets ($12 stimulus) | Rumble
Strips | Cable
median
barrier | Total | Notes |
|---|
Completed |
28 |
11 |
39 |
|
Awarded |
28 |
13 |
41 |
Includes completed projects |
Advertised |
28 |
13 |
41 |
Includes completed and awarded projects |
Transit projects | Large
urban | Small
urban | Nonurban/
rural | State total |
|---|
Percent of total $179 awarded |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100%
Includes Washington State Ferries projects |
Number of Transit projects obligated |
35 of 35 |
19 of 19 |
20 of 20 |
55 of 55
FTA counts all rural projects as one project |
August employment | State | Local | Total | Notes |
|---|
Payroll (in millions) |
$1.5 |
$3.4 |
$4.9 for August |
Cumulatively, $120.7 million to date - Average wage is $38 per hour |
Hours |
34,819 |
95,005 |
129,824
for August |
Employees have worked 3,128,721 hours to date |
FTEs |
201 |
549 |
1,102
for August |
FTE = 173 hours per month |
Employees |
636 |
2,542 |
3,998 for August |
Note: Not a count of unique employees |
1 This includes one state project that has stimulus funding authorized for pre-construction and is currently under way.
2 All funds were obligated by the September 30, 2010 deadline as required by the Recovery Act.
* TIGER projects are not included in this table. |
Last revised on October 20, 2010