Native Angeleno who has worked in public, academic and special libraries, as well as museums and college instruction. I am responsible for maintaining the Metro Transportation Library website, all of our social media properties, and digitization efforts to bring more of our resources to our users whenever they need them. For more information, visit The Metro Library website.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Economic Impact Study: Measure R Projects, 2009-2038



One driving force behind this blog is the multitude of highway and transit improvement projects being planned and completed over the next 30 years. The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation has released The Construction Impact Of Metro's Measure R Transportation Projects 2009-2038 (19p. PDF), an analysis of the economic impact on the region.

The study finds that total spending, budgeted to exceed $34.7 billion will generate $68.8 billion in economic output (measured by business revenues) in the five-county Southern California region, adding 507,500 jobs with earnings of $22.4 billion over the thirty-year period, or an annual average of 16,900 jobs with $746 million in annual earnings.

Total tax revenues collected will exceed $9.3 billion, or an annual average of $310 million. Approximately 70% of the total ($6.6 billion) will be earned at the federal level. More than $2.3 billion in state taxes will be paid over the thirty year period.
Posted by Metro Digital Resources Librarian at 1:14 PM