President Barack Obama’s stimulus funds are creating jobs for Rutherford County families in Rep. Donna Rowland (R-34) and Rep. Joe Carr’s (R-48) districts.

Bids are currently being accepted for three road projects in Rutherford County that total roughly $3.5 million dollars.

Rutherford County Republicans recently took to the square in Murfreesboro by the hundreds protesting stimulus spending. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act they protested also provides $13.9 million for Rutherford County schools, enhances health care for veterans, extends unemployment benefits for Rutherford County’s growing unemployed and provides $30 million to retrain dislocated and low-income workers.

Rep. Joe Carr went as far as demanding Gov. Phil Bredesen refuse stimulus funds that extend unemployment benefits.

Despite Republican protests, several construction companies are now placing bids to spend the stimulus funds and create jobs for Rutherford County families. Below is a list of the stimulus funded road projects in our county and the current company bids being considered by the state.

View the complete list of stimulus funded TDOT projects by county, current bids and the companies bidding to spend it. Click here to look at what stimulus money is funding in Tennessee.

1) CONSTRUCTION OF 2 CONCRETE BOX BRIDGES ON SR 102 (ALMAVILLE ROAD) OVER MAXWELL CREEK (LM 1.89) AND ROCKY FORK CREEK (LM 5.31)

• BROWN BUILDERS, INC. $1,694,385.65
• GENERAL CONSTRUCTORS, INC. $1,794,725.10
• ROAD BUILDERS, LLC $1,812,762.08
• W. L. HAILEY AND COMPANY, INC. $1,863,125.04

2) RESURFACING ON US 41(SR 2) FROM NORTH OF RUTHERFORD BLVD. (LM 1.80) TO EPPS MILL ROAD (LM 8.60)

• HOOVER, INC. $997,594.70
• LOJAC ENTERPRISES, INC. $1,128,503.00
• HMA CONTRACTORS, LLC $1,149,665.60

3) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NOISE WALL ON I-24 FROM EAST OF SR 96 TO THE STONES RIVER

• BROWN BUILDERS, INC. $671,989.40
• ROGERS GROUP, INC. $682,504.05
• W. L. HAILEY AND COMPANY, INC. $731,885.00
• BELL & ASSOCIATES CONSTRUCTION, L.P. $794,506.54
• DEMENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC $944,148.60

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