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Site SearchRALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Beverly Perdue plans to travel the state Tuesday to announce where construction will begin as the state puts the first round of federal stimulus money to work on infrastructure projects.
Her first stop will be in Lenoir County, where she will discuss a project involving Crescent Road near the Global TransPark.
After lunch, she will be in Mecklenburg County for a road project involving N.C. Highway 218, which runs through Union and Anson counties.
Finally, just before 3 p.m., she will visit Guilford and Alamance counties to announce improvements to Interstates 85 and 40.
The state Department of Transportation says at least $838 million in stimulus money will repair bridges and roads or pay for other transit projects.
DOT has said it wants to let construction contracts by June for the first half of its federal money for bridges and highways.
Perdue said Monday she'll soon unveil a Web site tracking how the state's $6.1 billion share of the stimulus is spent.
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EXCELLENT IDEA!!!
Finally, a TRUE TEST of this STIMULUS/PORK FEST...let's see if "unemployment rates" go down!!!!!
February 24, 2009 3:30 p.m.
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Don't kid yourself! This money is NOT going to ANYTHING TANGIBLE! Since when did the START OF "road construction" in the SPRING time become STIMULATIVE? What happened to ALL THE MONEY ALREADY APPROPRIATED for ALL THESE "ready to go" projects"????? Where did ALL THAT MONEY GO??? (you remember..all that GAS TAX you pay...the TAGS and VEHICLE TAX...remember???)
HOW MANY NEW JOBS...I suspect NONE...anyone who works "road construction" knows there down time is winter and come spring "they get called back"...
ITS ALL A SHELL GAME! Where is the DOT BUDGET NOW...since everything appropriated in THAT BUDGET is now being called "STIMULUS"?????????
February 24, 2009 3:26 p.m.
- I recommend that the NC Governor use the available technology and media outlets to relay her plans for road construction, thereby saving taxpayer dollars that would otherwise be spent on a useless roadtrip.
- I recommend that the provision be put back in the stimulus package that any jobs created with stimulus money only be made available to U.S. Citizens with proof of citizenship required.
- I recommend accordingly that as for every job that is created and becomes available, an equal number of unemployment payments are stopped, with of couse some transition time. For example, the first people this year who filed for unemployment and are still receiving it get a notice sent that a job is now there for them. If they choose not to work then they lose all unemployment benefits.
- I recommend that all spending of stimulus monies by the State be accounted for and revealed to the public. Then we can have more informed voters next election.
February 24, 2009 3:01 p.m.
February 24, 2009 1:15 p.m.
GARVEE bonds, though, are basically the state issuing bonds that are paid off by using future FHWA highway construction money. IOW, we're using future highway money from the Feds now, rather than in the year it's released to the state.
SC did this to build several projects around Charleston, and then ran into funding problems after they were built because, well, they didn't have any more money available since it was being used to pay off those GARVEE bonds. I was hoping NC wasn't going down that path but it looks like we are.
February 24, 2009 12:57 p.m.