By , USA TODAY
The early federal stimulus money appears to be hitting its target, paying for new projects and creating jobs, according to a USA TODAY review of some of the first projects funded.
Most early spending is flowing, as planned, into "shovel-ready" projects — a new bridge over a Louisiana bayou, the widening of a mountain road in Colorado — that wouldn't have occurred this year without stimulus money.
ACROSS THE USA: Stimulus dollars put to work
Hiring on those projects has already begun or will occur within the next three months, say officials overseeing the contracts.
Congress directed more than $300 billion in stimulus money to states and cities for spending over the next two years on roads, bridges, health care and other programs. The primary goal is to preserve or create jobs quickly while building or improving public works facilities.
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