[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 24, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H757]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           PHILADELPHIA TRANSPORTATION GRANT WILL CREATE JOBS

  (Ms. SCHWARTZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SCHWARTZ. One year after its enactment, the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act is creating jobs, about 2 million nationally, and 
making smart investments in communities across the Nation.
  Last week, the City of Philadelphia received a $17.2 million grant to 
develop an integrated, multicounty bicycle and pedestrian network. This 
network will be a unique asset to the Philadelphia region and will 
transform biking and pedestrian greenways in our region.
  Residents will benefit greatly from this network of trails and street 
improvements, using them to commute to work, to go to school, to the 
local grocery store, and it will create new opportunities along the 
North Delaware Riverfront in my district for recreation as well as for 
residential and economic development. The fact that this project was 
one of just 61 projects funded out of 1,380 applications demonstrates 
the substantial need for such infrastructure investments nationally.
  My Democratic colleagues and I are working for innovative solutions 
to create jobs, to promote clean and safe communities in which we live 
and work and raise our families.

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