More From Ray LaHood
The Nation’s Top 25 Construction Aggregates...
Posted by Equipment World Staff on Mar 21, 2012
In 2010, the market appeared to bottom out with production continuing its downward trend and average unit values down for ...
AGG1: Something Old, Something New
Posted by Equipment World Staff on Mar 21, 2012
A hard-hit construction industry makes it tough to grow a show, but the 3-year-old AGG1 is creating a place for ...
Joints, Humpback Whales and Quarries
Posted by Equipment World Staff on Mar 21, 2012
Knowledge of geological joints is essential in assuring the economic extraction of crushed stone from quarries, and detailed studies of ...
M&A activity may pick up as spring nears
Posted by Equipment World Staff on Mar 21, 2012
There were no deals to report in the construction materials sector in January. That said, a number of the multi-national ...
Counting on a Conference Committee
Posted by Equipment World Staff on Mar 21, 2012
As this issue of Aggregates Manager was going to press, everyone inside the Beltway was talking about the need for ...
LaHood: Nearly $1.6 available for damaged roads,...
Posted by Equipment World Staff on Jan 09, 2012
Nearly $1.6 billion is being made available to states and territories across the United States to help cover the ...
LaHood: $1 million in quick-release emergency relief...
Posted by Equipment World Staff on Sep 13, 2011
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is making $1 million in quick release emergency funds immediately available to the New ...
Congress reaches deal to end FAA shutdown
Posted by Equipment World Staff on Aug 04, 2011
After a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that left 4,000 transportation and construction workers temporarily furloghed, Congress ...
LaHood: $24.3 million in grants to boost Keystone...
Posted by Equipment World Staff on Jul 22, 2011
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on July 21 said that work can begin on closing the last three highway-rail grade ...
LaHood names projects eligible for ‘Marine...
Posted by Equipment World Staff on Aug 11, 2010
Just four months after unveiling the America’s Marine Highway Program, a new initiative to move more cargo on the water ...
7 states get $9.7 million for congestion relief
Posted by Equipment World Staff on Aug 06, 2010
Seven states will receive more than $9.7 million as part of a national program to encourage innovative strategies to relieve ...
Obama says no new gas tax, use tolls
Posted by Equipment World Staff on Jul 26, 2010
Instead of raising the gas tax, which has not been raised in at least a decade, President Barack Obama says ...





