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We're about to see it here. The Feds gave the money to the states, and it's up to them to spend it. They have to figure out how and where to do that.

Here, in our little town, they were going to charge a bunch of local businesses to build a frontage road along the highway. Here's the story:

Property Owners Won’t be Assessed for Frontage Road
by Dan Ruud
The Belle Plaine City Council Monday night unanimously approved a resolution officially supporting the 2009 South Frontage Road/Enterprise Drive extension project.
A portion of the language in the resolution states that the affected property/business owners shall not be assessed for the 2009 South Frontage Road/Enterprise Drive extension project in light of the city’s recent $2 million award of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for the project, often referred to as stimulus funds. The resolution adds that the city shall proceed with the state bidding requirements for the start of work this fall or early winter with an anticipated completion time of October 2010.
According to City Administrator David Murphy, property owners will not have to pay for any share of the project, which was also the case when the North Frontage Road project was constructed. That project was also partially state funded. Murphy added that the total estimated cost of the South Frontage Road project is a little over $3 million. What the ARRA funds won’t cover will be paid for by the city. All right-of-way for the road was donated by property owners and the Minnesota Department of Transportation.



So, we're definitely going to see results here, but it'll take some time to get everything rolling.