US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood stated today, "The work begins today in Montgomery County, Maryland, where a work crew is starting on a project to resurface Maryland State Highway 650 -- a very busy road that has not been fully repaired in 17 years."

The resurfacing contract is going to a Pennsylvania-based family-owned company, America Infrastructure, LaHood said.  He said the project will support 60 jobs. "And that's how we're going to get the country back on its feet," LaHood added.

Mark Compton, director of government affairs for American Infrastructure, said his company received $2.1 million in federal funds, by way of the Maryland State Highway Administration. The money will be used to repave and add safety features to a stretch of the highway.  Compton said the cash infusion is the "catalyst" to create 60 jobs, including bringing back some laid-off employees.

(Courtesy of CNN.)

The portion of MD650/New Hampshire Avenue noted above runs from Milestone Drive, just north of New Hampshire's intersection with US29/Columbia Pike, to Venice Drive, just south of Randolph Road, a segment of road about one mile long.  For more information on the USDOT announcement related to the federal stimulus package, visit CNN's website.

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