State Spending on Roads Meant to Create Jobs

Dec. 7--Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. calls it a "kick-start" for the state's economy, a multi-faceted plan to infuse billions into Utah's economy, that he says could preserve jobs and jolt the housing and construction sectors back to life.
It includes incentives to get people back to buying homes, borrowing money to keep road construction crews on the job, and pushing ahead with state buildings that have private donors.
"All told the stimulus package would save about 20,000 jobs, or at least preserve them, and it would... keep $600 million in wages annually in this state," Huntsman said, unveiling his budget on Thursday.
(Source: The Salt Lake Tribune)By Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune