State transportation contracts announced during today’s Nevada Transportation Board of Directors meeting are projected to support 1,184 jobs for a year while helping provide a transportation system to keep Nevada safe and connected.
A projected 1,184 jobs will be supported for one year by the highway contracts and agreements reviewed as part of the July 10 state transportation board meeting. Transportation improvements reviewed/approved at this month’s state transportation board meeting include:
- Construct truck parking enhancements and more than three miles of truck climbing lane on both directions of Interstate 80 near Golconda Summit in Humboldt County
- Resurface and reconstruct U.S. 395 between Waterloo Lane and First Street, downtown Gardnerville in Douglas County
- Widen median for truck climbing lane on northbound I-15 between Ute and Byron interchanges in Clark County
- Install fiber/conduit connections at USA Parkway near I-80 to provide further transportation system/other connectivity
- Drainage cleaning and other erosion repairs on State Route 206 in Douglas County, I-80, U.S. 395A and State Route 655 in Washoe County, and State Route 322 in Lincoln County
NDOT contracts are thoroughly reviewed against NDOT engineering estimates and include disadvantaged business enterprise participation goals. Construction start dates vary.
To date, Nevada state transportation projects utilizing Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding are projected to support 13,584 jobs. Council of Economic Advisers formulas were used to estimate the number of direct, indirect, and induced jobs. It is estimated that every $1 invested in public transportation projects can generate between $2 and $6 in local economic activity.
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