Wilkinson County getting more stimulus money for transportation than Fulton
July 9, 2009 at 12:03 pm by Andisheh Nouraee in NewsWilkinson County, a county of 10,000 people 30 miles east of Macon, is receiving more stimulus money for transportation projects than Fulton County, home to more than 1,000,000 people.
Wilkinson’s getting $56,366,518 in federal stimulus money for transportation projects.
Fulton is receiving $50,068,562.
July 9th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Are they building a monorail?
July 9th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
What in the sweet hell!… What is it being spent on?!
July 9th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
http://www.recovery.org/For_Businesses.aspx?gloc=WILKINSON%20GA*CNT:13319&mloc=GA$319
Recovery.org has confirmed $47 million for a single highway bypass.
July 9th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Who decided who gets Georgia stimulus money? In other words, who said they needed $56M???
July 9th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
They must all be socialist democraps in Wilkinson County, cause no conservative Christian leaders would take the facist Obamacon’s government hand-out stimulus money.
July 9th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Highways to nowhere. That’s the best we can expect from Georgia Republican leadership.
July 9th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Wilkinson County is where my people are from — Toomsboro, to be exact. There’s not even ONE red light there.
July 9th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Jim Marshall (D-8th District)
July 9th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Yeah, I’m sure Jim Marshall isn’t too upset about this either, but it’s the states that decide where the stimulus money is spent. Surprise, surprise, the metro Atlanta area gets screwed again. At least we’re not the only city getting hosed:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/us/09projects.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss
July 9th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
JSF3000, that’s a very good point, one I hadn’t considered. However, I was referring to the stimulus fund allocation process that happens at the state level, which, as we all know, is Republican dominated.
July 10th, 2009 at 3:30 am
nice find, we suck
“Georgia gets nothing.” – Joe Biden