There seems to be no shortage of stimulus money these days. It's like taking the couch cushions off: "Oh look, here's $873 million for Michigan's roads!" In the next few weeks, Michigan will use its new-found funds to start road improvement projects.
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"We need to get that going before the busy tourism season starts," he told reporters after Granholm signed the bill in a ceremony at the Capitol.
Steudle expects to have $400 million worth of work put out for bids by the June deadline, part of the $873 million the state will have to spend over the next two years from the stimulus package. He hopes to have the rest of the projects bid out by late summer so construction can start early in 2010.
The bill Granholm signed includes $635 million for main state highways and bridges and $212 million for local road departments. Another $26 million goes to other areas, including bus transit and freight projects.
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