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3 Million Job Losses Predicted Without Increased Infrastructure Funding
This recent ASCE report predicts millions of lost jobs and dollars if the U.S. continues to fall behind in infrastructure funding.
January 13, 2021
Roadbuilding
Billions in federal transportation funding saved just before cutoff
The day before the federal government was set to shut down, the Senate passed legislation to keep the government running for two more months while extending for another year the nation’s main funding source for highways, public transit and airports. The U.S. Senate voted 84-10 on September 30 to keep the government funded until December […]
October 1, 2020
Roadbuilding
How road construction fares in Democrat, GOP funding plans
A flurry of activity has been occurring recently in Washington on transportation funding. How would the various proposals affect roadbuilding?
June 22, 2020
Roadbuilding
Emergency federal money heading to states for road, bridge repairs after natural disasters
The Federal Highway Administration is set to infuse $653.2 million to states for emergency road and bridge repairs needed because of natural disasters. In all, 37 states, along with Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, will receive some portion of the funds. The funding includes the following: $229 million for California for continued repairs […]
March 6, 2020
Roadbuilding
Highway funding rises in new federal spending bill signed by Trump
The new $1.3 trillion federal spending package approved just before a government shutdown deadline boosts funding for highway programs by 8 percent and triples the funding to the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER, program, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. The appropriations were passed by the Senate after a late-night […]
March 26, 2018
Roadbuilding
ASCE Infrastructure Report Card gives U.S. roads a D grade
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has given U.S roads an overall D grade in its 2017 Infrastructure Report Card. “America’s roads are often crowded, frequently in poor condition, chronically underfunded, and are becoming more dangerous,” ASCE says in its report. “More than two out of every five miles of America’s urban interstates are […]
March 13, 2017
Roadbuilding
Minn. governor proposes $1.5 billion bonding bill for infrastructure projects
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, along with Lt. Gov. Tina Smith, have introduced a $1.5 billion bonding bill for infrastructure projects across the state, claiming that the bill will create 22,950 jobs. “My proposals would put thousands of Minnesotans to work throughout our state, increasing economic opportunity and strengthening local economies,” said Gov. Dayton. “This bill will help deliver clean, […]
January 6, 2017
Roadbuilding
FHWA agrees with Rhode Island’s truck-only bridge tolling
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has executed 13 Memorada of Understanding with the Federal Highway Administration, indicating the federal agency agrees with the state’s bridge tolls on heavy commercial trucks. The tolls provide part of the funding to bridge repairs under the RhodeWorks program. RhodeWorks, signed into law in February, provides for the […]
October 7, 2016
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Mass. town officials assure public unfinished look of road just part of cold-in-place recycling
A recent paving project on Route 43 in Williamstown, Mass., might have residents wondering if it’s really finished, according to a report by iBerkshires.com. The cold-in-place recycling technique the city is using leaves the road looking unfinished for a little while. Town Manager Jason Hoch told the news agency that, “At the end of the project, it will look and […]
August 18, 2016
Roadbuilding
TRIP: Traffic, deteriorating roads costs California drivers $53.6 billion per year
California motorists are hit with $53.6 billion per year in additional costs due to congested roads and deteriorating road conditions, according to a recent report by The Road Improvement Program (TRIP). “The TRIP report confirms what everyone in California knows: the transportation system in this state is in bad shape,” says Will Kempton, executive director of […]
August 18, 2016
Roadbuilding
OReGO marks one-year anniversary as Oregon’s road usage charge pilot
The Oregon Road Usage Charge Program, known as OReGO, recently hit its one-year anniversary with 1,025 active vehicles participating in the program, just 20 percent of the limit the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) set last year. Participants in the program, which began July 1, 2015, pay 1.5 cents per mile for driving distances logged […]
August 17, 2016
Roadbuilding
ITD director explains how GARVEE program transformed Idaho’s infrastructure for the better
Idaho’s Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) program recently wrapped up following a decade of investment in the state’s roads and bridges. Along the way, the GARVEE program transformed the state’s infrastructure in a way we haven’t seen since the interstate system was built through Idaho in the 1960s. President Eisenhower signed the Interstate bill into law […]
July 11, 2016
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