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Business
Survey finds 68% of Americans want increased federal transportation funding, most willing to pay higher gas taxes
Two-thirds of Americans, or 68 percent, want the federal government to invest more in roads, bridges and mass transit systems, according to the results of a AAA survey released on Tuesday. Additionally, 5 percent of respondents said the federal government should invest less, while 24 percent want transportation spending levels to remain the same. The [âŚ]
June 12, 2014
Business
Can cutting Postal Service spending save highway construction funding? House GOP moves forward with controversial plan
House Republican leaders are moving forward with a plan to fund the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) with savings from cutting certain U.S. Postal Service programs. House GOP leaders released a memo on Friday outlining the plan, which includes changes such as ceasing Saturday operations, which Republicans say will save $10.7 billion over a decade, Politico reports. A [âŚ]
June 4, 2014
Business
President Obama, VP Biden treat 4 construction workers to burgers and fries
The President and Vice President took their lunch outside the White House on Friday and treated four construction workers to burgers and fries as part of the Obama administrationâs push to increase highway construction funding. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden ate at a Shake Shack restaurant a few blocks away from the [âŚ]
May 21, 2014
Roadbuilding
Foxx on highway spending: âWe need to move forwardâ
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Thursday urged union workers to tell Congress that âwe need to move forwardâ and increase highway spending, USA Today reports. Foxxâs comments came during a labor rally in front of AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C. The rally was part of Infrastructure Week 2014. During the rally, Foxx urged attendees to [âŚ]
May 18, 2014
Roadbuilding
Michigan DOT examines Ohio roadbuilding in latest âReality Checkâ update
In itâs latest âReality Checkâ video, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) looks at why Ohio roads are in better condition than those in Michigan. The agency began the âReality Checkâ video series in March, when it launched the first two videos aimed at debunking common transportation myths. The most recent video â âWhy canât [âŚ]
April 30, 2014
Roadbuilding
Repair Priorities 2014: States annually spend $20.4 billion for new road construction, $16.5 billion for road repairs
State departments of transportation (DOTs) spend more each year on new road construction than on road repairs, according to a new report from Smart Growth America and Taxpayers for Common Sense. The report, âRepair Priorities 2014,â notes that between 2009 and 2011, state DOTs collectively spent $20.4 billion on new roads, growing the nationâs state-owned [âŚ]
March 14, 2014
Roadbuilding
RoadWorks
A mileage-bsed revenue system is possibly by 2015, Buffalo highways, a new editor for Better Roads and Tennessee is King of the Roads are some of the stories featured.
March 1, 2010
Roadbuilding
Obama signs defense bill which extends highway spending through February
Pres. Barack Obama signed the  U.S. Department of Defense appropriations bill, which includes an extension of current surface transportation law (SAFETEA-LU) through February 28, 2010, according to a report from the American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA). The U.S. Senate approved the House-passed measure on Saturday by a vote of 88-10, according to the ACPA report. House [âŚ]
December 21, 2009
Roadbuilding
Highway investment hits $20 billion
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) crossed the $20 billion mark in approved obligations for highway, road and bridge projects this week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today. Of the $26.6 billion available for federal highway and bridge projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), more than 75 percent has now been obligated. [âŚ]
November 3, 2009
Roadbuilding
Illinois: Wear your jammies while participating in Tollway meetings
If you want to see where the money is going for more than $6 billion in roadway projects in Illinois, you will now be able to see it online from the comfort of your office or home. Taking the lead from other public agencies, the Illinois Tollway Authority is providing direct access to its monthly [âŚ]
November 3, 2009
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