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?
Have seen a great deal of highway and interstate work all over. Got a look at the “before” and “after” of plenty of interstate and it really needed the work.
Oh yes. Large, very official signage before, during and remaining after badly needed repaving of nearby state highway. As the project extends, they keep moving the signs to mark the beginning and end of the work. They have also upgraded the railroad crossings on the highway as they come to them.
In town, they have added maxed out playground equipment to a couple of the parks and the same type of permanent metal signs. I can’t remember the exact wording on the signs except for the words “Recovery Act” and they have the state flag up in one corner and the US flag in the other.