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Roadbuilding
GOPâs Fischer: Short-term highway funding fix is âvery likelyâ
The deadline for Congress to act on transportation funding is looming closer each day, but a Republican senator eased some concerns Tuesday. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb) said at the start of a Senate hearing on the matter that she thought that an extension of federal road funding is âhighly likely.â The current Highway Trust Fund [âŚ]
May 6, 2015
Business
Senate committee unveils text of highway reauthorization bill
The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee on Monday night revealed the text of its surface transportation reauthorization bill. Dubbed the MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, the six-year bill would reauthorize surface transportation projects through fiscal year 2020 and is indexed for inflation. Highlights outlined in the billâs summary include: Six years of fully-funded highway programs Greater transparency of Highway [âŚ]
May 13, 2014
Business
DOT Chief Foxx sends long-term highway bill to Congress
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced on Tuesday that Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx sent a long-term highway bill to Congress. The bill, dubbed the GROW AMERICA Act, is based on President Barack Obamaâs 4-year, $302 billion transportation reauthorization proposal. Foxx said the bill aims to create jobs while offering a solution to fix the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) before it runs out of money this [âŚ]
April 30, 2014
Business
Senators reach bipartisan agreement on plan for long-term highway bill
Sen. Barbara Boxer said Thursday that she and three other top transportation committee senators have âreached an agreement in principle on a transportation bill.â During a press conference, Boxer, who is chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, â along with EPW ranking member David Vitter, Transportation Infrastructure Subcommittee chairman Tom Carper and [âŚ]
April 11, 2014
Workforce
Senate passes short-term extension of highway bill to prevent shutdown
Just days before the latest extension of the current highway bill â Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) â was set to expire on March 31, the Senate approved a 90-day extension of the federal highway funding that was passed by the House on March 29.
March 30, 2012
Roadbuilding
Senate passes short-term extension of highway bill to prevent shutdown
Just days before the latest extension of the current highway bill â Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEAâLU) â was set to expire on March 31, the Senate approved a 90-day extension of the federal highway funding that was passed by the House on March 29. However, Democrats criticized [âŚ]
March 30, 2012
Business
On Record
Itâs over but itâs not By Marcia Gruver Doyle While the headline on a recent press release touted that âmore construction firms plan to hireâ in 2011, I found more meat eight paragraphs down. In a December survey of roughly 1,200 contractors, the Associated General Contractors of America found that 28 percent of respondents say [âŚ]
February 3, 2011
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