You know the “Top 100 ” for most other important aspects of life–literature, film, hot people, Canadian diddies, the British meat industry–why not US public works projects? Why not, indeed, says infrastructure development firm CG/LA Infrastructure which has pulled together just such a list for 2009.
As a sign of the times, the projects are heavily weighted toward rail and urban mass transit this year, with rail alone occupying four of the top eight positions by project value:
California High-Speed Rail High Speed Rail Passenger - $45 billion (creating 686,250 jobs)
Northeast Corridor HSR Upgrade - $32 billion (488,000 jobs)
I-69 Trans Texas Corridor Highway - $30 billion (600,000 jobs)
Natural Gas pipeline from Alaska to Chicago - $26 billion (520,000 jobs)
Networx program - East Coast - $20 billion (1,000,000 jobs)
NextGen Air Traffic Control System, East Coast - $20 billion (360,000 jobs)
Midwestern HSR Initiative - $20 billion (305,000 jobs)
Electric Freight Rail - $20 billion (400,000 jobs)
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