The first big wave of change in the new Obama administration, a roughly $850 billion economic stimulus package, has brought out a swarm of Minnesota officials, businesses and special interest groups vying for a chunk of the nationwide infrastructure buildup.
With President-elect Barack Obama and the Democratic-led Congress poised to embark on the nation’s biggest building spree since the interstate highway system was built a half-century ago, road builders and building contractors from every corner of America are sharpening their pencils at the prospect of more work.
While the size of the stimulus is still being decided, some Republican lawmakers are sounding the alarm about growing costs, which some see rising to as much as $1 trillion. But with 1.2 million jobs lost nationwide this year, the uncertainty in Congress has lent only greater urgency to the pent-up demand for work.
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