February 12, 2009
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While the details are yet to be worked out and will certainly be subject to compromise, the final stimulus package will undoubtedly include hundreds of billions of dollars. Much of those funds will be going to public works contractors via direct federal contracts or by grants to the states for highway and other infrastructure projects. Many state, regional, local, and metropolitan-area governmental authorities are compiling lists for such projects, including streets and roads, bridges, public transit, airports, sewers, water and other capital improvements to stimulate economic development or to serve low-income areas via public facility renovation, construction or energy retrofit.
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