County sees benefit from ARRA funds
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Highland County will see benefits beginning this week from the Ohio Department of Transportation’s contracts across the state for projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, as work begins on the next stimulus-funded project in District 9.
According to ODOT District 9 Public Information Officer Kathleen Fuller, construction is scheduled to begin on U.S. Route 62, where crews from Miller-Mason Paving will be resurfacing the route from New Market Road to the corporation limit of Hillsboro.
“In transforming our transportation system, Ohio is making historic levels of investment across the state, and these investments are putting people back to work,” said District 9 Deputy Director James Brushart. “We are also pleased to be working with a local company on this project.”
The opening of the project was marked with the placement of signs at the construction site recognizing the use of stimulus funds. The signs – which read “Putting America to Work” – are being erected when work begins at all stimulus-funded projects across Ohio.
“In conjunction with the U.S. 62 paving project, crews will be resurfacing state Route 321 from its intersection with S.R. 134 at Buford to its junction with U.S. 62, south of New Market,” Fuller said, during an interview at the Highland County Fair this week.
Miller-Mason Paving of Hillsboro was awarded a contract for approximately $1.54 million to resurface U.S. 62 and S.R. 321. Construction on S.R. 321 is scheduled to begin this week. The U.S. 62 project is expected to begin in early October.
Throughout construction, traffic will be maintained in one lane with the use of flaggers. The scheduled completion date for both projects is Oct. 31.
Across Ohio, Fuller said, ODOT has identified more than 200 projects in which to invest $774.2 million in transportation infrastructure stimulus funds – a combination of interstate, highway, local roadway, railroad, water port, airport, pedestrian and transportation enhancement projects.
Combined with the transportation infrastructure contracts awarded so far using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ODOT has awarded more than $374.2 million for construction work on 110 projects – a combination of interstate, local roadway and bridge modernization projects.
For the month of July alone, these investments by the state led to the retention and creation of 1,138 direct jobs on stimulus-funded transportation construction projects, with workers clocking in more than 42,000 hours in labor and a total payroll of nearly $1.5 million.
District 9’s other stimulus projects include the Ross-104 Widening project, a bridge replacement project on U.S. 52 in Scioto County, a culvert replacement project on S.R. 217 in Lawrence County, and a resurfacing project on S.R. 32 in Jackson County.
A complete list of the transportation infrastructure projects
prioritized for stimulus funding – with updates on projects which have been authorized by the Federal Highway Administration, contracts which have been awarded, and new employment opportunities – can be found online at www.dot.state.oh.us.[[In-content Ad]]
According to ODOT District 9 Public Information Officer Kathleen Fuller, construction is scheduled to begin on U.S. Route 62, where crews from Miller-Mason Paving will be resurfacing the route from New Market Road to the corporation limit of Hillsboro.
“In transforming our transportation system, Ohio is making historic levels of investment across the state, and these investments are putting people back to work,” said District 9 Deputy Director James Brushart. “We are also pleased to be working with a local company on this project.”
The opening of the project was marked with the placement of signs at the construction site recognizing the use of stimulus funds. The signs – which read “Putting America to Work” – are being erected when work begins at all stimulus-funded projects across Ohio.
“In conjunction with the U.S. 62 paving project, crews will be resurfacing state Route 321 from its intersection with S.R. 134 at Buford to its junction with U.S. 62, south of New Market,” Fuller said, during an interview at the Highland County Fair this week.
Miller-Mason Paving of Hillsboro was awarded a contract for approximately $1.54 million to resurface U.S. 62 and S.R. 321. Construction on S.R. 321 is scheduled to begin this week. The U.S. 62 project is expected to begin in early October.
Throughout construction, traffic will be maintained in one lane with the use of flaggers. The scheduled completion date for both projects is Oct. 31.
Across Ohio, Fuller said, ODOT has identified more than 200 projects in which to invest $774.2 million in transportation infrastructure stimulus funds – a combination of interstate, highway, local roadway, railroad, water port, airport, pedestrian and transportation enhancement projects.
Combined with the transportation infrastructure contracts awarded so far using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ODOT has awarded more than $374.2 million for construction work on 110 projects – a combination of interstate, local roadway and bridge modernization projects.
For the month of July alone, these investments by the state led to the retention and creation of 1,138 direct jobs on stimulus-funded transportation construction projects, with workers clocking in more than 42,000 hours in labor and a total payroll of nearly $1.5 million.
District 9’s other stimulus projects include the Ross-104 Widening project, a bridge replacement project on U.S. 52 in Scioto County, a culvert replacement project on S.R. 217 in Lawrence County, and a resurfacing project on S.R. 32 in Jackson County.
A complete list of the transportation infrastructure projects
prioritized for stimulus funding – with updates on projects which have been authorized by the Federal Highway Administration, contracts which have been awarded, and new employment opportunities – can be found online at www.dot.state.oh.us.[[In-content Ad]]