New paint for the Brooklyn Bridge is on the list of projects that will get federal stimulus money.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York's senators are announcing the six infrastructure projects that will get the $261 million.
The federal $787 billion stimulus package signed into law last month includes $80.5 billion to fix roads, bridges, mass transit and waterways across the country. President Barack Obama also put $72.5 billion for transportation spending in his budget proposal for 2010.
The list for NYC includes a project to spruce up the Brooklyn Bridge with new paint and wider ramps leading off and on.
A Staten Island ferry terminal will also get new traffic ramps.
Two Bruckner Expressway bridges over the Bronx River will get a new protective coating. And the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge that connects Brooklyn and Queens will get a makeover.
The mayor says the federal stimulus money is helping create jobs and is going toward projects that might have otherwise been cut.
The projects will create or preserve approximately 32,000 jobs, Bloomberg said Monday.
"The federal stimulus dollars mean that we can move projects that would have been on the chopping block and get shovels in the ground quickly – putting thousands of people to work and rebuilding our infrastructure. I want to thank President Obama and our congressional delegation for delivering this critical funding to New York City," Bloomberg said.
