SACRAMENTO (OBSNews.com) - The City of Sacramento Department of Transportation will be able to resurface 12 streets with federal stimulus funds, twice as many as originally estimated given the competitive bids. Sacramento-based Teichert Construction and Watsonville-based Granite Construction were the lowest bidders. “Based on the federal formula of one job per every $35,000 investment, we are creating or sustaining 219 local jobs via stimulus money and a dozen streets will be repaired and restored to a nearly new condition,” explained Mayor Kevin Johnson. “The contractors will be hitting the streets in just a few weeks.”
Johnson also thanked U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui for her leadership and support in seeing that Sacramento got a fair share of the federal dollars. “This month, Sacramentans will see the benefits of the Recovery package throughout the city as eight million dollars worth of roads, from Arden Way to Truxel Road, will be rehabilitated. These projects will create jobs, make our local streets safer, and leave a tangible benefit in our community,” Matsui said.
