The Recovery Act has made possible over 12, 500 transportation construction projects, from rebuilding highways to improving our airports.

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And across Nevada, there are dozens of transportation projects and energy projects and construction projects putting people to work doing the work that America needs done.

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It also provides money for thousands of transportation projects currently under construction around the country.

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We just released a report that shows nearly 90 percent of the construction, manufacturing and trade jobs created through investments in transportation projects are middle class jobs.

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That prompted Transportation Secretary Mary Peters to advise states to carefully consider any additional stress placed on bridges during construction projects.

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In recent years this program, which provides direct loans, loan guarantees, and lines of credit to regionally or nationally significant transportation projects, has helped mayors leverage four times the money invested in it by the federal government, helping construction workers get on the job quicker, and repaying taxpayers their hard-earned money faster.

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