FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                                                                     CONTACT: Erin McNeill

April 24, 2009                                                                                                                      (617) 722-1551

                                                                                                                                                 erin.mcneill@state.ma.us

Highway Project in Middleborough and Bridgewater will be one of first five “shovel-ready” projects under construction

             Senator Marc R. Pacheco (D-Taunton) is pleased to announce that work will soon begin on a highway project in Bridgewater and Middleborough – one of the first five “shovel ready” highway projects to go under construction in Massachusetts under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

            “I am pleased to see that the administration is moving forward as quickly as possible to get stimulus funds out to communities,” Pacheco said. “This project, which the governor announced would be advertised for bids just a little over a month ago, will be underway in the next two weeks,” Pacheco said. “That means stimulus money will start to flow into the region and  jobs will follow.”

            The project involves the resurfacing of Route 18 and Route 28 from Bridgewater Center to Middleborough Rotary.

            The five initial projects have a total estimated value of $11.5 million. 

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