Tag: infrastructure repairs

Roadbuilding

Ore. receives $37 million in USDOT Emergency Relief grant funds

Oregon will receive $37 million in grants through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Emergency Relief program as reimbursement for repairs it made to infrastructure on public lands damaged by the severe winter weather and acts of nature, according to a press release from U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee with […]

April 27, 2018

Roadbuilding

Ignore the potholes; re-elect me!

Think of it as a NIMBP problem. As in a Not In My Back Pocket problem. [You know the NIMBY problem of course: yes we want you to build that horrible/dangerous/smelly —–, just Not in My Backyard] Americans want more money to be spent on our roads and bridges. They just don’t want to be […]

August 2, 2013

Business

Two-thirds of Americans likely to say “no” to gas tax as transportation funding

According to a report from our sister site Better Roads citing a recent Gallup poll, two-thirds of Americans would oppose a 20-cent-per-gallon gas tax that would provide funding for transportation and infrastructure repairs. The poll was conducted April 9-10 shortly after Maryland passed its first gas tax increase in 20 years. The tax’s 13- to […]

April 24, 2013

Business

Obama’s 2014 budget includes $50B for infrastructure, “full support” for MAP-21

President Barack Obama has submitted his 2014 Fiscal Year Budget to Congress and a great deal of money has been set aside for construction projects. According to a report from our sister site Better Roads, Obama’s $3.8 trillion budget includes $50 billion for infrastructure repairs. Of that amount, $40 billion will go directly to Obama’s […]

April 12, 2013