President Obama Breaks Ground on 10,000th Recovery Act Road Project...

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President Obama Breaks Ground on 10,000th Recovery Act Road Project; Let the Summer of Recovery begin!

Posted by Secretary Ray LaHood

Welcome, everyone, to the Summer of Recovery!

And what better way to kick off a season of renewed American infrastructure and good-paying American jobs than to have the honor of joining President Obama in Columbus, Ohio. Together, we celebrated the groundbreaking of the 10,000th roadway project underway thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Now, 10,000 road projects underway from a single stimulus--that's an accomplishment right there. But how about the fact that DOT helped get all of those projects underway in just the 16 months since President Obama signed the Recovery Act into law?

And, let's remember that every single one of those projects creates many, many job opportunities--with some single projects employing thousands. In fact, in the first quarter alone, Recovery Act funded highway projects created 17,000 jobs.



President Barack Obama, with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, delivers remarks
following his tour of the Parsons and Livingston Avenue construction site in Columbus, Ohio,
June 18, 2010. The President is in Columbus to tour the site of the 10,000th Recovery Act road
project to get underway. The road improvement project is expected to create over 300
construction jobs and will contribute to the broader economic development effort underway in
the area around the Nationwide Children’s Hospital. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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[David Zephyr]

1. K&R.

He and the Democrats need to do more of this.

The American people need reminding...a lot.

[vaberella]

2. GOBAMA!!! n/t

[jillan]

3. He called it a Big - - - - Deal- lol.

[Cha]

4. Seems like republican Ray LaHood has

been doing a great job as the Admin's Transportation Sec. I saw him speak online at an Amtrak railway station in Rochester when he and Louise Slaughter were supporting high speed rails in Upstate New York.

http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/news/blog/2010/04/HIGH-SPEED-RAIL-Ray-LaHood-in-Rochester/

[azmouse]

5. Gee.. what a shame he doesn't do anything...

;)