First North Carolina ARRA Highway Project Completed in Winston-Salem

Provided jobs for 84 workers, including 12 previously laid off

9/17/2009 -- Raleigh -- Motorists traveling along Intestate 40 in Winston-Salem are not the only ones benefitting from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s (ARRA) first completed project in North Carolina. The project provided work for 84 employees of APAC-Atlantic Inc., Thompson-Arthur Division of Greensboro and its subcontractors, including 12 who were previously laid off.

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“This is one of many recovery projects across that state that are providing jobs now to North Carolinians and bringing lasting benefits to our state’s highways,” said Gov. Bev Perdue.

The N.C. Department of Transportation awarded APAC the $1.2 million contract to repave a 1.8-mile stretch of I-40 from East Clemmonsville Road to east of Willard Road near Winston-Salem. The project also included improving a curve between the two roads along eastbound I-40, replacing guardrails and repaving the exit ramps onto N.C. 109.

Construction began on June 18 and was scheduled to be completed by Sept. 15. The project was completed on Sept. 10, five days early.

NCDOT received $735 million for highway and bridge projects through ARRA, which is enabling the department to fund about 270 projects across the state. The Federal Highway Administration estimates that every $1 million spent on transportation creates 30 jobs, and the construction industry estimates that every dollar invested in transportation generates $6 in economic impact.

For more information about recovery funding for infrastructure improvements in North Carolina, please visit www.ncdot.gov.

Source: North Carolina Governor