AP IMPACT: Road projects don’t help unemployment (AP)

January 11, 2010 12:53 pm | business

A $19.2 million widening project along SR-373 in Lewisburg, Tenn., is seen on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010. Ten months into President Barack Obama's first economic stimulus plan, a surge in spending on roads and bridges has had no effect on local unemployment and only barely helped the beleaguered construction industry, an Associated Press analysis has found. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson)AP – Ten months into President Barack Obama’s first economic stimulus plan, a surge in spending on roads and bridges has had no effect on local unemployment and only barely helped the beleaguered construction industry, an Associated Press analysis has found.


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