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Economic Stimulus Plan

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009 (ARRA)

On February 17, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Listed below is a brief summary of allocations for South Carolina. Further information on ARRA can be found on the Federal Highway Administration Website.

Bridges & Highways

South Carolina was allocated $463M for bridges and highways.

The Commission approved the expenditure of funds in the following project categories as follows (to view in chart form, click here: Commission Chart (PDF 14kb)

• $150M in resurfacing projects, to be divided among the 46 counties based on the number of eligible roads in each county
• $56M for bridge replacement projects
• $19M for safety improvement projects
• $74M for interstate maintenance projects
• $14M for enhancement projects, to be divided evenly among the seven engineering districts for sidewalk projects
• $150M for local projects, $44M to be used on projects selected by the Transportation Management Areas (as required by law) and $106M to be divided equally among Congressional Districts

Project lists are posted further below on this page.

Transit

SC was also allocated approximately $41M for transit, of which approximately $25M is allocated directly to urban areas of the state. Expenditures for the remaining $16M must be used for capital purposes only.

The Commission approved the expenditure of transit funds in the following categories:

• $8M in mass transit funds for rural facilities
• $6.7M for rural vehicle replacements
• $1.8M for a rural virtual transit enterprise (vehicle locator services)

Transit projects are listed in the comprehensive list below.

Project Lists

• Comprehensive List of Highway and Transit Projects
  The link below contains a comprehensive list of highway and transit projects approved for funding by the SCDOT Commission through its June Commission meeting, with the exception of enhancement projects (sidewalks) which are listed separately below.

  Comprehensive List (PDF 172kb)

• Enhancement Projects (Sidewalks)
  The Commission approved a $14 million sidewalk program to address a requirement for 3% of Economic Recovery funds to be allocated to transportation enhancement activities. Guidelines adopted for the project are shown in the first link below, followed by links that show what projects have been approved in each engineering district.

  Sidewalk Program (PDF 44kb)

  Sidewalk Project Locations are below:

  District 1 (PDF 10kb)
  District 2 (PDF 10kb)
  District 3 (PDF 9kb)
  District 4 (PDF 10kb)
  District 5 (PDF 10kb)
  District 6 (PDF 9kb)
  District 7 (PDF 11kb)
  

• Certification Documents

  1201 Certification (PDF 53kb)
  1511 Certification (PDF 856kb)
  1607 Certification (PDF 48kb)

• Reporting Requirements

  Reporting Requirements (PDF 35kb
  Initial ARRA Project Plan (3-31-09) (PDF 35kb
  SCDOT Transit Capital Investment (6-18-09) (XLS 107kb)
  SCDOT Highway Infrastructure Investment (6-18-09) (XLS 166kb)
  FHWA-1587 (4-10-09) (PDF 11kb)
  FHWA-1585 (4-10-09) (PDF 11kb)

• Public Comment

  Click here to access our Public Comment page.