American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

On February 17, 2009 President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. As a result, Colorado will receive over $500 million for transportation projects statewide with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) receiving approximately $330 million in federal highway funding and another $12.5 million in federal transit funding for transit projects in non-urbanized rural areas. The ARRA will also provide the additional transportation funding directly to transit agencies and the three large metropolitan planning organizations in the state (Denver Regional Council of Governments, Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments and the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization) for their prioritized projects.

Here is a list of ARRA projects.

As a requirement of ARRA, CDOT must have 50% of its funding committed to projects within 120 days. The remaining funding must be allocated to projects within one year.

Please check back often as there are always unforeseen circumstances that may require changes to projects/project schedules. If new projects are added or projects are unable to meet schedules, it will be noted here.

*The project status will be updated once a month.

To track national and local progress of the ARRA visit:

http://www.recovery.gov

Federal Highway Adminstration Recovery Web site

Colorado Economic Recovery and Accountability Web site

Jobs Data

May 09-July 09

Jobs Data (as of May 31)

65 jobs created or sustained

2,224 payroll hours

$12,537 in payroll expenses

Jobs Data (as of June 30)

576 jobs created or sustained

26,706 payroll hours

$661,621 in payroll expenses

Job Data (as of July 31)

1,685 jobs created or sustained

86,332 payroll hours 

$2.14 million in payroll expenses 

Aug 09-Oct 09

Jobs Data (as of August 31)

3512 Direct Jobs Created or Sustained (+1,827 from the July 31st report)

195,378 Direct Job Hours Created or Sustained (+109,046 from the July 31st report)

$4.795 M Payroll from Job Hours Created or Sustained (+2.655 M from the July 31st report) 

Jobs Data (as of September 30)

6,018 Direct Jobs Created or Sustained (+2,506 from the August 31st report)

344,852 Direct Job Hours Created or Sustained (+149,474 from the August 31st report)

$8.605 M Payroll from Job Hours Created or Sustained (+3.81 M from the August 31st report)

Jobs Data- Highway (as of October 31)

9,815 Direct Jobs Created or Sustained (+3,797 from the September 30th report)

506,836 Direct Job Hours Created or Sustained (+161,984 from the September 30th report)

$12.6 M Payroll from Job Hours Created or Sustained (+4 M from the September 30th report) 

Jobs Data- Transit (as of October 31)- First month of transit data

467 Direct Jobs Created or Sustained

212,288 Direct Job Hours Created or Sustained

$439,567 Payroll from Job Hours Created or Sustained

Jobs Data- Highway and Transit (as of October 31)- First month of highway + tranist data

10,282 Direct Jobs Created or Sustained

719,124 Direct Job Hours Created or Sustained

$13 M Payroll from Job Hours Created or Sustained

Nov 09-Dec 09

ARRA Transportation Spending - Highway (Colorado - as of November 30, 2009)
75 Projects Put out to Bid worth $333,794,005
69 Projects Under Contract worth $263,319,325
64 Projects Under Construction or Starting Soon worth $260,850,407
14  Projects Construction Complete worth $31,682,870

ARRA Job Information - Highway (Colorado - as of November 30, 2009)
12,482 Direct Jobs Created or Sustained
647,014 Direct Job Hours Created or Sustained
$16,746,905 Payroll from Job Hours Created or Sustained

ARRA Transportation Spending - Transit (Colorado - as of November 30, 2009)
35 Projects Put out to Bid worth $94,583,948
27 Projects Under Contract worth $79,546,530
24 Projects Under Construction or Starting Soon worth $73,544,530
  4 Projects Complete $175,442

ARRA Job Information - Transit (Colorado - as of November 30, 2009)
512 Direct Jobs Created or Sustained
220,958 Direct Job Hours Created or Sustained
$550,461 Payroll from Job Hours Created or Sustained

ARRA Transportation Spending - Highway and Transit (Colorado - as of November 30, 2009)
110 Projects Put out to Bid worth $428,377,953
96 Projects Under Contract worth $342,865,855
88 Projects Under Construction or Starting Soon worth $334,394,937
18 Projects Complete worth $31,858,312

ARRA Job Information - Highway and Transit (Colorado - as of November 30, 2009)
12,994 Direct Jobs Created or Sustained
867,972 Direct Job Hours Created or Sustained
$17,297,366 Payroll from Job Hours Created or Sustained

ARRA Transportation Spending - Highway (Colorado - as of December 31, 2009) 
83 Projects Put out to Bid worth $355,013,948
71 Projects Under Contract worth $303,918,006
65 Projects Under Construction or Starting Soon worth $266,784,359
17 Projects Construction Complete worth $38,796,482

ARRA Job Information - Highway (Colorado - as of December 31, 2009)  
14,421 Direct Jobs Created or Sustained 
742,312 Direct Job Hours Created or Sustained
$18,913,676 Payroll from Job Hours Created or Sustained

ARRA Transportation Spending - Transit (Colorado - as of December 31, 2009)
38 Projects Put out to Bid worth $93,133,948
27 Projects Under Contract worth $71,955,739
25 Projects Under Construction or Starting Soon worth $62,202,210
  5 Projects Complete $244,086

ARRA Job Information - Transit (Colorado - as of December 31, 2009) 
551 Direct Jobs Created or Sustained
238,113 Direct Job Hours Created or Sustained
$1,004,987 Payroll from Job Hours Created or Sustained

ARRA Transportation Spending - Highway and Transit (Colorado - as of December 31, 2009) 
121 Projects Put out to Bid worth $448,147,896
98 Projects Under Contract worth $375,973,745
90 Projects Under Construction or Starting Soon worth $328,986,569
22 Projects Complete worth $39,040,568

ARRA Job Information - Highway and Transit (Colorado - as of December 31, 2009)
14,972 Direct Jobs Created or Sustained 
980,425 Direct Job Hours Created or Sustained
$19,918,663 Payroll from Job Hours Created or Sustained