Colin Walsh
Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act,
the National Park Service is investing $750
million dollars
in our nation's monuments to liberty and treasured
landscapes,
including $12.4 million dollars right here
to restore the seawall at the Jefferson Memorial.
Philip Sheridan
To date through the period ending June 30,
This project has created approximately 23
full-time job equivalents,
so we're very happy that, you know,
that the stimulus is doing what it was intended
to do
in creating employment for people here in
Washington.
Steve Sims
The Park Service is fortunate to have the
Recovery Act funding to fund this project.
During the initial phases of design and estimates,
we were wondering how we were going to be
able to build this project in one phase.
And at one point, we actually split this up
into two phases
not knowing where the money was going to come
from on the second phase.
so the Recovery Act funding was able to fund
the entire project
and actually save us some costs and gain some
effeciencies
by constructing this in one time
and we are able to build this whole project
without interrupting the public
and disrupting the visitor's experience multiple
times.
We'll just do this one time, do it correctly,
and do it permanently so it never moves again
and be here for future generations.
