News Detail
| Title: | Investment of ARRA Highway Funds in ITS and Operations Projects |
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| Date: | July 28, 2010 |
| Description: | The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has been changing the face of our nation—physically in terms of improvements to our infrastructure and economically by saving or creating tens of thousands of jobs. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has been instrumental in ARRA’s success by working with our state partners to beat Congress’s deadline to obligate 100 percent of our Recovery Act funds by March 1, 2010. The FHWA Office of Operations recently performed an analysis on ARRA projects obligated through February 19, 2010 to determine the approximate ARRA investment level in ITS and transportation system management and operations projects. The results showed that nearly $600 million in ARRA funds were invested in 509 operations and ITS projects, with approximately half funding ITS projects and the other half funding traditional operational improvements across 41 States, plus Washington, DC. The categories used to define operations and ITS projects were: • Traffic Signalization projects (258 projects, $204 M) • Intersection geometric improvements (75 projects, $127 M) • Signs (36 projects, $40 M) • Pavement markings (60 projects, $30 M) • ITS field devices (80 projects, $192 M) Both the number of projects and total investment level in each category should be regarded as close approximations of actual investment levels. The top five States to use funding on operations and ITS projects were Georgia, Pennsylvania, California, Maryland, and Tennessee. It is likely that ITS and operations played a larger role in the ARRA projects overall, as there was no method for capturing ITS and operations investments as part of larger projects. |
| URL: | http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/economicrecovery/index.htm |