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Mike

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$25 MILLION TO PAVE ONE MILE OF HIGHWAY???????? :lol: :lol:

I have some contractor buddies that would love to get their hands on these jobs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Are they paving with GOLD? :roll:

California road projects
Caltrans adopts a list of 57 transportation projects totaling $625 million to be the first in line to receive federal infrastructure money.
April 14, 2009


Getting started in California
A list of 57 transportation projects totaling $625 million has been adopted by Caltrans as the first in line to receive federal infrastructure money. The projects include:




$75 million to repave three miles of rough pavement on Interstate 710 in Los Angeles.

$50 million to help reconstruct Doyle Drive, the southern access to the Golden Gate Bridge.

$46.7 million to replace two aging bridges on Highway 99 in Merced County.


$17 million to rehabilitate a stretch of Highway 99 in Butte County.

$16.8 million to construct two new lanes on Interstate 805 in Chula Vista to ease traffic congestion.

$13 million to replace the Russian River Bridge in Mendocino County near Ukiah.

For a complete list of the 57 transportation projects that were adopted and allocated funding, visit: www.dot.ca.gov/

documents/federaleconomicstimulustransportation
 
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Anonymous

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Yesterday they announced that most bids were all coming in under- and some way under expected costs-mainly because of the competition between construction companies-- so they were going to be able to do many more projects than originally planned...
 

Sandhusker

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Oldtimer said:
Yesterday they announced that most bids were all coming in under- and some way under expected costs-mainly because of the competition between construction companies-- so they were going to be able to do many more projects than originally planned...

And this changes the fact that this was a spending bill dishonestly passed off as a stimulus bill how?
 
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Anonymous

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Sandhusker said:
Oldtimer said:
Yesterday they announced that most bids were all coming in under- and some way under expected costs-mainly because of the competition between construction companies-- so they were going to be able to do many more projects than originally planned...

And this changes the fact that this was a spending bill dishonestly passed off as a stimulus bill how?

Sound like a lot of contractors are looking for work- and think they can price supplies/labor at a cheaper price than original estimates- which sounds like this may put a lot of those people to work rather than standing in your banks Soupkitchen.....
Jobs stimulate the movement of money...As a banker you should know that...
 

Mike

Well-known member
Oldtimer said:
Sandhusker said:
Oldtimer said:
Yesterday they announced that most bids were all coming in under- and some way under expected costs-mainly because of the competition between construction companies-- so they were going to be able to do many more projects than originally planned...

And this changes the fact that this was a spending bill dishonestly passed off as a stimulus bill how?

Sound like a lot of contractors are looking for work- and think they can price supplies/labor at a cheaper price than original estimates- which sounds like this may put a lot of those people to work rather than standing in your banks Soupkitchen.....
Jobs stimulate the movement of money...As a banker you should know that...

You have seen the figures posted here. :roll: Around 5% of Stimulus/Porkulus was designated as "Infrastructure".

Anyone with half a brain knows that it doesn't cost $25 MILLION to pave one mile of highway.

How is that cheaper than original estimates?

You Moonbats are not very good at changing the subject off of the topic to coverup your Her0's inadequacies any more.

Want to try again? :lol: :lol:
 

Steve

Well-known member
Oldtimer said:
Yesterday they announced that most bids were all coming in under- and some way under expected costs-mainly because of the competition between construction companies-- so they were going to be able to do many more projects than originally planned...

so how many miles of road could Montana do with 75 million? might be a better question..

but in response to your shifting the costs to say it under expected costs..

any one who is familiar with a government funded project would know that if it is a "grant" you pad the bill upfront, as there is seldom additional cash if funding falls short..

most of the projects were "over-funded" due to the nature of the bill, and should come in under cost..

one example is a local bridge.. it would cost 4 million to stabilize.. 20 million to replace... but the funding requested is 38 million.. and now INCLUDES A PARK AND BOAT RAMPS.. and BEACH FILL, l..

it should come in 18 million under "expected costs".. once the extras are shaved off..
 

aplusmnt

Well-known member
Oldtimer said:
Yesterday they announced that most bids were all coming in under- and some way under expected costs-mainly because of the competition between construction companies-- so they were going to be able to do many more projects than originally planned...

Who announced that? Did it happen on OTV that imaginary TV station where you get most of your facts? :wink:
 

hypocritexposer

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(CNN) -- Their livelihood was being threatened, and they were tired of waiting for government help, so business owners and residents on Hawaii's Kauai island pulled together and completed a $4 million repair job to a state park -- for free.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/09/hawaii.volunteers.repair/index.html
 

Sandhusker

Well-known member
Oldtimer said:
Sandhusker said:
Oldtimer said:
Yesterday they announced that most bids were all coming in under- and some way under expected costs-mainly because of the competition between construction companies-- so they were going to be able to do many more projects than originally planned...

And this changes the fact that this was a spending bill dishonestly passed off as a stimulus bill how?

Sound like a lot of contractors are looking for work- and think they can price supplies/labor at a cheaper price than original estimates- which sounds like this may put a lot of those people to work rather than standing in your banks Soupkitchen.....
Jobs stimulate the movement of money...As a banker you should know that...

And this changes the fact that this was a spending bill dishonestly passed off as a stimulus bill how?
 

Bullhauler

Well-known member
I would guess that a interstate in LA is probably about eight lanes wide. So it would be a little more expensive to pave then a two lane highway somewhere.

Of course a stimulus bill is also a spending bill. Government spending is how the economy is being stimulated. To try to say that is dishonesty is purely asinine sandhusker.
 

hypocritexposer

Well-known member
Of course a stimulus bill is also a spending bill. Government spending is how the economy is being stimulated. To try to say that is dishonesty is purely asinine sandhusker.

Unless you slip in normal Budgetary items into the Stimulus bill, and then not give the lawmakers time to read it!

If not dishonest, then can we call it deceitful?
 

Bullhauler

Well-known member
hypocritexposer said:
Of course a stimulus bill is also a spending bill. Government spending is how the economy is being stimulated. To try to say that is dishonesty is purely asinine sandhusker.

Unless you slip in normal Budgetary items into the Stimulus bill, and then not give the lawmakers time to read it!

If not dishonest, then can we call it deceitful?

You should be happy then because that makes the stimulus cheaper then stated. These "normal Budgetary items" won't have to be funded at a later time then. :D :D
 

MsSage

Well-known member
Quote:
California road projects
Caltrans adopts a list of 57 transportation projects totaling $625 million to be the first in line to receive federal infrastructure money.
April 14, 2009


Getting started in California
A list of 57 transportation projects totaling $625 million has been adopted by Caltrans as the first in line to receive federal infrastructure money. The projects include:




$75 million to repave three miles of rough pavement on Interstate 710 in Los Angeles.

$50 million to help reconstruct Doyle Drive, the southern access to the Golden Gate Bridge.

$46.7 million to replace two aging bridges on Highway 99 in Merced County.


$17 million to rehabilitate a stretch of Highway 99 in Butte County.

$16.8 million to construct two new lanes on Interstate 805 in Chula Vista to ease traffic congestion.

$13 million to replace the Russian River Bridge in Mendocino County near Ukiah.

For a complete list of the 57 transportation projects that were adopted and allocated funding, visit: www.dot.ca.gov/

documents/federaleconomicstimulustransportation

I would guess that a interstate in LA is probably about eight lanes wide. So it would be a little more expensive to pave then a two lane highway somewhere

So it cost MORE to pave 8 lanes the replace a bridge which has Average daily traffic of 14,200 (as of 2001)

http://bridgehunter.com/ca/mendocino/100082/
 

Sandhusker

Well-known member
Bullhauler said:
I would guess that a interstate in LA is probably about eight lanes wide. So it would be a little more expensive to pave then a two lane highway somewhere.

Of course a stimulus bill is also a spending bill. Government spending is how the economy is being stimulated. To try to say that is dishonesty is purely asinine sandhusker.

How then do you justify the messiah chastising Bush for his spending, and then declaring that we need a stimulus? Why wasn't Bush's spending "stimulus" as well?
 
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