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KANSAS CITY NEWS TODAY - Sunday, February 22, 2009  Kansas' Share of Transportation Distribution Nearly $380 Million KANSAS CITY, KS, (kansascityfrontpage.com), February 22, 2009 - Kansas will receive an estimated $350 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for highway construction projects that will create or sustain thousands of jobs and make important improvements to the state's transportation system. In addition, Kansas will receive an estimated $27 million to be spent on transit projects throughout the state. "We're reminded every day that the state and nation are falling deeper and deeper into recession. As we get these important projects under way and jobs are created, all of those associated 'multiplier effects' can start moving through the state economy," said Secretary Deb Miller of the Kansas Department of Transportation. Based on the Federal Highway Administration's method for determining job creation through funding for highway projects, economic stimulus spending in Kansas will generate between 10,000 and 11,000 jobs. Fifty percent of the transit spending must be done in 180 days. The state's urban transit providers will receive about $15 million and rural providers will get about $12 million. The estimated urban distribution is as follows: Wichita, $6.1 million; Johnson County, $2.5 million; Topeka, $2.3 million; Lawrence, $1.9 million; Unified Government of Wyandotte County, $1.7 million; and St. Joseph (Kansas side of the area), $16,000. Missouri Has First-In-Nation Economic Recovery Project KANSAS CITY, MO, (kansascityfrontpage.com), February 22, 2009 - In 1956, Missouri became the birthplace of the nation's interstate system by becoming the first state to award a contract under the Federal-Aid Highway Act. Today the Show Me State again made history by being the first state in the nation to award and begin construction on transportation projects funded by the federal economic recovery package signed by President Barack Obama. The first economic recovery project in the nation is in Miller County on Route 17. Construction began within moments of the president's signature to replace the Osage River Bridge one mile east of Tuscumbia at a cost of $8.5 million. Other Missouri highway projects under construction starting today include:
Missouri will receive approximately $637 million for road and bridge projects and an estimated $150 million to address air, rail, transit, waterway and pedestrian projects throughout the state. That amount of work will create an estimated 14,000 jobs and have an estimated $2.4 billion impact on the state's economy. "We're taking this aggressive approach to demonstrate that funding for transportation infrastructure can and will provide the direct and immediate economic jumpstart our nation and state need," Rahn said. "We will use every penny sent to our state to improve our roads and bridges and we will be ready to put additional money not used by other states to work in Missouri." The benefits of this additional work would go beyond those building the projects to suppliers, retailers, restaurants, hotels and other businesses Rahn added. Construction Projects at Community Health Clinics Receive Funding KANSAS CITY, MO, (kansascityfrontpage.com), February 22, 2009 - Gov. Jay Nixon visited two federally qualified health centers in Kansas City and St. Louis recently to announce that he will immediately release state funding from the Fiscal Year 2009 capital improvements budget to support expansions and renovations of their facilities. "Across our state, federally qualified health centers play a vital role in providing the quality, affordable health care Missourians need to be productive workers," Gov. Nixon said. "To turn this economy around, I am committed to ensuring that Missouri has a healthy, productive workforce that is ready to compete for 21st-century jobs. New and expanded facilities at the Samuel U. Rodgers and Grace Hill clinics will provide better, faster care for Missouri families, and I'm pleased that we can make these financial resources available immediately." Gov. Nixon released funds from the Fiscal Year 2009 capital improvements budget to support two specific projects: - At the Samuel U. Rodgers Community Health Center in Kansas City, Gov. Nixon released $10,590,500 to support the construction of a new, state-of-the-art health center than will facilitate up to 25,000 more visits a year. - At the Grace Hill Murphy-O'Fallon Neighborhood Health Center in St. Louis, Gov. Nixon released $2,170,691 to support the construction of a facility to replace one of its existing clinics in northern St. Louis.   The Kansas City Front Page is owned and maintained by the Moore Design Group for the sole purpose of disseminating news and information about the Metropolitan Kansas City area. Text or graphics may not be copied, rewritten or distributed in any manner whatsoever without written permission. For more information, contact editor@slfp.com All rights reserved world wide © 2007 - 2009 Moore Design Group. |
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