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Roadbuilding
ARTBA launches campaign revealing âshocking truthâ about transportation infrastructure investment
The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) on Tuesday launched a new website and social media campaign that aims to reveal the âshocking truthâ about transportation infrastructure investment. The campaign is part of ARTBAâs âTransportation Makes America Work!â (TMAW) advocacy program and is featured on TMAW.org. It uses infographics to show how transportation infrastructure [âŚ]
June 17, 2014
Roadbuilding
Opinion: Sinkholes and bridge closures, and how they relate to the highway fund shortage
Two news stories in particular have me thinking of what our nation will look like without a Highway Trust Fund fix. The first is a bridge closure in Delaware. According to an Associated Press report, officials closed a bridge near Wilmington because the support pillars are tilting by as much as 2.4 degrees. Engineers feared [âŚ]
June 6, 2014
ConExpo-Con/Agg
ARTBA President Pete Ruane urges ConExpo-Con/Agg attendees to tell Congress to fix Highway Trust Fund
The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has been shedding light on the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) and other transportation-related policy with its âTransportation Makes America Workâ campaign. The campaign includes a grassroots-focused website, an advocacy app and more. Now ARTBA President and CEO Pete Ruane is urging ConExpo-Con/Agg attendees to tell Congress to [âŚ]
February 19, 2014
Roadbuilding
Industry professionals need to advocate infrastructure improvements, says APWA Congress speaker Larry Frevert
Earlier this year, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave America a D+ on its Report Card on American Infrastructure. The report outlined that funding is currently $1.6 trillion below what is needed to repair and maintain the nationâs failing infrastructure system by 2020, and it is $201 million short annually to make those [âŚ]
August 26, 2013
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