Eads Bridge fix-up, Missouri wind farm on list of stimulus projects
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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration has more than a few doubters when it comes to the beneficial impacts of the $800 billion-plus stimulus program.
Trying to counter perceptions, Vice President Joe Biden put out a http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/100-Recovery-Act-Projects-Changing-America-Report.pdf"> report today with the title "100 Recovery Act Projects That Are Changing America."
They include traditional bricks-and-mortar spending along with new-style initiatives such as expenditures for broadband expansion, solar energy and electric car battery plants.
Biden sounded like he was warming up for the 2012 election in a statement contending that with the kind of projects being funded, "we're starting to turn the page on a decade of failed economic policies and rebuild our economy on a new foundation ..."
A $25 million grant for work on the Eads Bridge connecting Missouri and Illinois at St. Louis is among the old-style infrastructure projects on the list of 100.
The report says that engineering will be completed in coming months and that the project will create some 875 construction jobs over two years when it gets going next spring.
The work will provide safety upgrades to both the superstructure and the piers that support the 136-year-old bridge and "would not be possible" without the stimulus money, the report asserts.
Among the "green" projects in the report is a $107 million grant-in-lieu-of tax credit for the Lost Creek Wind Farm in northwest Missouri.
That project is developed by Wind Capital Group of St. Louis, whose president and CEO is Tom Carnahan. He's the brother of Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis, and Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan.
The report says that the award occurred in July and that the project created 300 jobs during construction. A Lost Creek spokesman said that the wind farm, which already is in operation, created 2,500 throughout the supply chain.
Also on the list is a $32 million grant to Smith Electric in Kansas City. The report says that the award will enable the company to build some 500 all-electric trucks and support more than 220 direct and indirect jobs. $25 million grant for work on the Eads Bridge connecting Missouri and Illinois at St. Louis is among the old-style infrastructure projects on the list of 100.
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