Stimulating Texas: A look at some of the almost $40 billion allocated for Texas.

by: liberaltexan

Tue Feb 17, 2009 at 18:58:29 PM CST

According to Stimulus Watch.org Bryan has requested $46.5 million, College Station has requested $36.2 million, Waco has requested $81.55 million and overall Texas has requested $10,775,423,039.

All of the projects that Bryan has requested funds for are for water improvements. Bryan has requested $13 million for improvements to the Burton Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, which was built in 2004 for $1.2 million dollars, and another $13 million to construct the Thompson's Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. Also $6.5 million has been requested for improvement to Still Creek sewer; $1.5 million for a Highway 47 waterline extension, $1.5 million for a Highway 21 waterline extension and $1.5 million for a Well 19 collection line.

Bryan also requested $4 million for 5 million and 1 million gallon ground storage tank, and another $5.5 million for a Westside Interceptor. Bryan did not include the number of estimate jobs created in the stimulus project request.

College Station has requested $9 million for "pedestrian improvements" to Northgate, which the city estimates will create twenty-five jobs; $4.2 million was requested for Northgate park improvements that the city estimates will create 31.5 jobs. Another $2 million was request for improvements to Tauber Street and Stasney Street off of University Drive, which the city estimates will create six jobs.

College Station also requested $4 million for mixed-use development and another $2 million for utility-line burying on Holleman Drive; the city estimates that these projects will create a total of 75 new jobs.

The project that is estimated to create the most amount of jobs is the Community Center project that College Station requested $7 million for; this project is estimated to create 120 jobs. The project that could possibly be most beneficial to the community is $8 million that was requested for affordable housing development that is estimated to create 40 jobs and help several people attain affordable housing.

How much and where the stimulus money is going in Texas under the cut...

Texas is set to receive $2.25 billion in funds for infrastructure out of the almost $27 billion designated for infrastructure in the stimulus bill and there has been over $10 billion in project request from municipalities in Texas. The cities that are expected to receive the most amount of funds are Dallas and Houston, $134 million being appropriated for Dallas and $123 million appropriated for Houston.

According to a White House report the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will create 8,400 jobs in Texas Congressional District 17; the most jobs estimated to be created in Texas is 10,300 jobs in Congressional District 10. In Texas the White House estimates that 269,000 jobs will be create which is 7.7% of the 3.5 million jobs the bill is designed to create or save, and only California (396,000) is estimated to have more jobs created or saved.

Local school districts have been appropriated grants in the stimulus bill: Bryan Independent School District has been appropriated $6.333 million; Navasota Independent School District has been appropriated $1.105 million, and Waco Independent School District has been appropriated $8.94 million.

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