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Economic Stimulus and Summit County

Economic Stimulus and Summit County. By Alan Brubaker, P.E., P.S. Summit County Engineer. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Act passed in February of 2009 Roughly included $787 billion of federal funding to be used in the following areas: Federal Tax Cuts - $288 billion (36.6%)

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Economic Stimulus and Summit County

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  1. Economic Stimulus and Summit County By Alan Brubaker, P.E., P.S. Summit County Engineer

  2. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act • Act passed in February of 2009 • Roughly included $787 billion of federal funding to be used in the following areas: • Federal Tax Cuts - $288 billion (36.6%) • Expansion of Unemployment Benefits - $82.5 billion (10.5%) • Education - $90.9 billion (11.6%) • Healthcare – $147.7 billion (18.8%) • Energy Efficiency – $61.3 billion (7.8%) • Infrastructure - $80.9 billion (10.3%)

  3. Infrastructure Investment • Total: $80.9 billion • Core investments (roads, bridges, railways, sewers, other transportation) • Road and highway construction is the biggest single line infrastructure item in the final bill • Total: $51.2 billion • $27.5 billion for highway and bridgeconstruction projects (3.5% of total stimulus) • $8 billion for intercity passenger rail projects and rail congestion grants, with priority for high-speed rail • $6.9 billion for new equipment for public transportation projects (Federal Transit Administration) • $6 billion for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure (Environmental Protection Agency) • $1.3 billion for Amtrak • $100 million to help public transit agencies • $750 million for the construction of new public rail transportation systems and other fixed guideway systems. • $750 million for the maintenance of existing public transportation systems • Source: Recovery.gov

  4. Funding • Funds are being passed down to local governments from many agencies on the state and federal level • On the transportation side, funds are coming from the federal Department of Transportation, Ohio Department of Transportation and the Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (explain AMATS here) • Most local funds were funneled through ODOT

  5. Requirements • Transportation projects had to meet certain requirements to get funding • “Shovel Ready” was one of the most used words of 2009 • A lot of confusion on what “shovel ready” meant for a project • Most shovel ready projects were projects that already had funding and were moving forward, not new projects • (Share our stance, discussion of that issue?) • Must create or save jobs

  6. Application process • A lot of “hurry up and wait” • The state of Ohio took applications through “ohio.recovery.gov” • A lot of confusion surrounding the process • Our office submitted 30 projects for a total of $24 million through the state of Ohio

  7. AMATS application process • AMATS received roughly $14 million from ODOT in stimulus money • AMATS policy committee distributed that money to several projects in Summit and Portage Counties • Our office received $663,000 for Waterloo Road in Springfield Township through these funds • Project has just went out to bid this month and expected to be complete by the this summer

  8. Waterloo Road

  9. Waterloo Road

  10. Project of note • Greg McNeil of Hudson quiet zone

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