Just days after the 1933 Nazi takeover, Adolf Hitler enthusiastically embraced an ambitious autobahn construction project, appointing Fritz Todt, the Inspector General of German Road Construction, to lead it. By 1936, 130,000 workers were directly employed in construction, as well as an additional 270,000 in the supply chain for construction equipment, steel,concrete, signage, maintenance equipment, etc. In rural areas, new camps to house the workers were built near construction sites.[9] The job creation program aspect was not especially important because full employment was almost reached by 1936.