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Lower Materials and Bid Costs Help States Push Projects

Publication Date: 23-SEP-09
Author: Michael Moore
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The $787-billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has about $130 billion slated for construction. While much of the money is slow in coming, the first wave of funded projects typically were repaving and other quick, off-the-shelf highway projects. These had contractors scrambling and bidding ferociously, keeping prices at bare-bone levels and opening the door for even more construction projects.
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