Federal stimulus funding will create 200 jobs in Dane County through projects targeted at highway and bridge improvements.
According to the statement released by the Office of the County Executive, two bridge projects included in the 2009 Dane County Capital Budget will be fully paid for using federal stimulus dollars.
""We can strengthen existing infrastructure, better roads, better bridges, and at the same point in time those opportunities can also help put food on the table and get some money in people's back pockets,"" County Executive Spokesperson Josh Wescott said.
Federal funds will also go toward water-based conservation efforts, improvements at the Dane County Regional Airport and programs to limit home foreclosures, the statement said.
""We have the benefit here of not only reinvesting in and enhancing infrastructure … but also at the same time help put people back to work,"" Wescott said.
Wescott cited the national unemployment rate of over 8 percent as a reason to be thankful for the chance to create jobs in Dane County.
""There's a lot of important work everywhere, and we're going to get in there and compete for those dollars,"" Wescott said.
