Nearly $1 Billion in Stimulus Money Already at Work in Illinois, According to Recovery.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Onvia, Seattle
Jennifer Day, 206-351-4368
jday@onvia.com

As of April 17, $896 million dollars being spent in Prairie State; transportation, infrastructure leading categories

11,657 jobs credited to the recovery spending

Seattle, WA — More than $896 million in federal stimulus funding is currently being spent in Illinois, according to Recovery.org. The website was launched March 31st to track every dollar of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act spending by federal, state and local government agencies.

Roads and bridges have accounted for more than $676 million of the spending so far, with facilities making up another $186 million and airports $21 million. An updated category tally is listed below, while real-time tracking of state, county, and city spending projects are available at www.recovery.org.

According to a federal formula, at least 11,657 Illinois jobs are being supported by the Recovery Act spending.

Onvia, a Seattle-based government business intelligence company that currently tracks the expenditures of more than 89,000 federal, state, local and educational agencies for their private-sector clients, developed Recovery.org to bring unprecedented transparency and accountability to recovery spending, and to ensure that every business, regardless of size, has equal access to the projects associated with the recovery efforts.
Onvia will be compiling regular reports of all the Recovery Act spending for Illinois.

This week’s report follows.

Illinois Jobs Supported: 11,657
Illinois Total Spending: $896,706,256

Spending by Program*:

• Roads & Bridges $676,359,500
• Transit $1,400,000
• Technology $3,235,000
• Facilities $186,850,000
• Airport $21,241,756
• Water $1,100,000
• Housing $6,520, 000

* Spending by program does not represent total ARRA state spending

Business Recently Awarded a Contract:

McClure Engineering Associates, Kankakee, IL

• ARRA Project: Whitman Street Interchange System Design
• Contract Value: $ 224,431.00
• Issuing Agency: City of Rockford
• Location: Rockford, IL

A complete list of Recovery Act projects for Illinois can be found at www.recovery.org or can be provided upon request.

The website not only tracks every dime of spending, but allows the public, citizens, businesses and journalists to review stimulus spending broken down by state, county and city. The site is updated in real time as projects are announced.

About Onvia:
Onvia is the leading provider of Business-to-Government solutions in the United States, covering the broadest set of industries and products at every level of government. For more than twelve years, Onvia has delivered unparalleled coverage of government purchasing activity from Federal, State, Local and Education agencies for clients in the industries targeted by the economic recovery package.

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