How does the US plan to spend its stimulus dollars? According to Recovery.gov, the funds will be allocated to infrastructure, healthcare, education and training, and energy. Among the first to receive funds will be shovel-ready projects, or those projects that are ready or nearly ready to be started.
Get the details on five of the nation's largest proposed stimulus projects (based on job creation) with information from StimulusWatch.org:
1. Solar LA Program
- Location: Los Angeles
- Project category: Energy
- 31,243 jobs
- $2,160,000,000
2. Transit Project: Newark Elizabeth Light Rail
- Location: Newark, New Jersey
- Project category: Energy
- 20,000 jobs
- $694,000,000
3. North Corridor Light Rail System
- Location: Columbus, Ohio
- Project category: Transit
- 11,000 jobs
- $200,000,000
4. North Corridor Rail Line
- Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
- Project category: Transit
- 9,380 jobs
- $335,000,000
5. South Florida East Coast Corridor (SFECC) Transit Extension
- Location: Miami
- Project category: Transit
- 6,000 jobs
- $300,000,000
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