 |
|
Public Affairs coverage from our award-winning staff |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LaHood Praises Illinois for Speedy Stimulus Spending
Produced by Adriene Hill on Friday, September 04, 2009
|
|
AP/File |
Illinois seems to have had a lot of shovels ready. Federal
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says Illinois' Department of
Transportation is doing more--more quickly--than any other state to put
stimulus money to work.
LaHood praised Illinois' speedy deployment of transportation stimulus funds.
LAHOOD: Illinois ranks No. 1 among all states in terms of total highway funds spent so far, with nearly 80 percent of the funds obligated state wide, 400 projects authorized, and well over 1,000 jobs created so far.
According to the state's count, right around 1,300 jobs have been created by transportation projects paid for by Recovery Act. LaHood made his statements in Chicago yesterday, as other White House officials fanned out across the country to tout the successes of the nearly 200 day old stimulus program.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TC, Joliet // Monday, September 07, 2009 @ 8:21 AM
Yep, we did it. We patched all the potholes and painted them black. Now, in 5 years we will get to do it again. That's stimulus! Illinois can't seem to want to do anything right the first time.
|
|
|
|
|