This last month or so, the city has been repairing/replacing/updating all of the curbs, sidewalks crosswalks, etc in my neighborhood. A real good use of money since there’s a school next door and lots of multi-family buildings with lots of pedestrian traffic and the old sidewalks/curbs were in pretty sad shape and not handicap-accessible at the corners.
Well, I just came home and noticed a big sign that the city put up announcing the project and that it is being paid for with mostly Stimulus Bill dollars, plus some local gas tax money. It’s probably created 100 new badly needed construction jobs (easily) and they’re moving on into other older neighborhoods like mine to continue doing more of it. It’s about time.
I understand they’re also building a new freeway onramp/offramp in town that will give better access to the big mall in town and alleviate alot of the traffic congestion on the city streets around that part of town.
Are any of you noticing this kind of projects going on near you, identified as Recovery Act spending?