Anyone who ask where is the stimulus needs to trying driving around Metro Detroit. There's an old joke about there being two seasons in Michigan winter and road contruction looks like there might not be any winter this year.
Drivers like Erik Kuszynski of Livonia are feeling crushed by the huge amount of roadwork starting later and lasting longer this year
Orange barrels normally replaced by orange leaves on trees this time of year aren't going away, and it can be particularly brutal avoiding the barrage of weekend road closures and lane restrictions.
Credit or blame for the longer-than-usual construction season goes to the federal economic stimulus program, which has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into state and local road projects with an emphasis on getting the work going quickly.
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"You foolishly go out and try to get across town on a Saturday, and you end up going way out of your way," said Kuszynski, 40, an insurance salesman whose commute is vexed by a stimulus-funded, $16-million bridge repair project on I-96 from Davison to Livernois in Detroit.
But the work is needed.
"It's a once-in-a-generation opportunity to secure these federal funds," said Michigan Department of Transportation spokesman Rob Morosi. "Nothing we're investing in is frivolous."
http://freep.com/article/20091020/NEWS05/910200358/1322/Roadwork--Bigger--later-than-ever&template=fullarticle
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