Metropolitan Areas Lose Construction Jobs

153 out of 337 metropolitan areas lost construction jobs between September 2010 and 2011. While Huston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas added more construction jobs (9,700 jobs) then any other metropolitan area during the past year, Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI, added the highest percentage 30 percent-3,800 jobs. Other areas adding large number jobs included the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville area, 4,300 jobs, 3 percent. The largest job losses were in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia, -7,800 jobs, -8 percent. Georgia was followed by New York City, -5,800 jobs, -5 percent.

Association officials said that in addition to passing along-delayed highway, transit and airport investment legislation, elected officials should act quickly to establish a self-funded Water Trust Fund to address an estimate $600 billion in clean water infrastructure needs during the next 20 years.

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