Parkway project spurs economic development!
President Obama speaks about the benefits of constructing the Fairfax County Parkway (NBC/October 14, 2009)...jobs, connector and more... links here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He3JeePpi5I [full version]
Read the entire speech here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-on-the-Recovery-Act-at-the-Fairfax-County-Parkway-Extension/
Employment Impacts of Highway Infrastructure Investment
For many years, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has periodically estimated the employment impacts of highway capital expenditures. For 2007, on average, a $1 billion of Federal highway expenditure supported 30,000 jobs. The employment estimate includes direct, supporting, and induced positions...read more here:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/otps/pubs/impacts/index.htm
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/otps/pubs/impacts/index.htm
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