WisBusiness.com: $1.25 Billion in Transportation Spending Having Positive Ripple Effect

From WisBusiness.com:

All those orange barrels may be irritating to motorists, but they're good news for the state's transportation industry. In particular, members of the Wisconsin Transportation Builders’ Association are benefiting from millions dollars in federal stimulus money being pumped into the state. The executive director of the association -- also a former state Department of Transportation official -- says the stimulus money is helping to put thousands of people to work. All in all, it should be a healthy construction season for the transportation infrastructure community. The executive director, Pat Goss, also predicts a ripple effect from the estimated $1.25 billion in transportation funding -- $350 million in federal dollars on top of nearly $900 million from state taxpayers.