This is a series I launched back in May for Marketplace.  The idea was to ask larger questions about the federal economic recovery act by focusing on a single stimulus project.  The project I chose was the first recovery act road project to break ground, a mile-long stretch of potholed pavement.

Part 1 – The first road project launched:

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It’s been about three months since President Obama signed the stimulus bill. Now, some of those shovel-ready projects we’ve been hearing about? They’re actually happening. Tamara Keith takes us to one transportation project in Maryland. (05/21/09)

Part 2 – A new asphalt factory:

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This week, the Obama administration announced accelerated stimulus spending that it says will save or create 600,000 jobs in the next hundred days. But how do you calculate that number of jobs? Tamara Keith tries to figure that out by revisiting a stimulus project she first told us about last month. It’s the very first road project to start construction as part of the stimulus package . (06/12/09)

Part 3 – Road worker takes a vacation:

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On Thursday, the Council of Economic Advisors releases its estimates of how many jobs were created or saved by The Recovery Act, also known as the Stimulus Package. The first road project funded through the package is just almost complete. All summer, Tamara Keith’s been tracking the repaving of New Hampshire Avenue just outside of Washington, D.C., and she filed this update. (09/08/09)