Today, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02), a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, praised a new report released by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) highlighting transportation jobs created by the Recovery Act.
“The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ report underscores what many construction workers already know: that the Recovery Act has put people to work repairing and building roads, bridges and highways,” said Rep. Larsen. “I have visited projects across my district, from Lake Stevens to Ferndale, to see people at work, helping communities grow by improving roads and infrastructure, and earning a paycheck that will help them put food on the table and pay their bills.”
The Recovery Act invested in transportation projects that saved or created 350,000 jobs nationally and 15,746 in Washington state for the first year, and 355,194 nationally and 13,624 in Washington state up to this point during its second year.
