DOT Awards $44M In Stimulus Projects

Wed July 29 2009
Posted Jul 29, 2009
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Iowa Department of Transportation has awarded $43.7 million in national stimulus funding to infrastructure projects throughout the state. Gov. Chet Culver on Wednesday said $21.4 million of the money would go toward 23 county road and city street projects and another $22.3 million would fund four highway projects. He said Iowa will receive another $358 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act money for roadway, bridge, trails and freight rail projects. Culver said that, with regular state projects and carry- over work from 2008 included, the state will set an all- time record for highway and bridge spending in the 2009 construction season.