Stimulus-Funded Construction on Ohio's Highways Nets 8000 Jobs in June
$10.5 million in paychecks, 1300 new workers reported in single month
COLUMBUS (Wednesday, July 28, 2010) - During the same month that President Obama visited Ohio to mark the start of the nation’s 10,000th road project paid for by the Recovery Act, more than 8000 construction workers had jobs on Ohio’s stimulus-funded transportation projects in June, according to preliminary figures collected by the Ohio Department of Transportation.