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Tag: stimulus

White House releases transportation infrastructure ‘plan’

The White House has released a statement called “The President’s Plan to Make America a Magnet for Jobs by Investing in Infrastructure.” The plan repeats the president’s State of the Union “fix it first” idea, claiming that, “Repair and maintenance of our existing roads, bridges and public transportation systems should take priority before we consider […]

February 20, 2013

‘U.S. needs long-term transportation investment, not short-term stimulus’

Political dysfunction and intractable views on government spending of any kind are two major obstacles on Capitol Hill impeding passage of a long-term, robust federal highway and transit reauthorization bill, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President Pete Ruane said Sept. 6 at the Mobility 21 transportation conference in Los Angeles. Ruane observed the […]

September 7, 2011

Construction Equipment

‘U.S. needs long-term transportation investment, not short-term stimulus’

'U.S. needs long-term transportation investment, not short-term stimulus'

September 7, 2011

One II One

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood talks about distracted driving, reauthorization, infrastructure and many more current transportation issues.

May 9, 2011

Ray Lahood Untitled 1

RoadWorks

Moves to slash project delivery time, red light cameras, a transportation infrastructure survey

March 1, 2011

Survey Untitled 1

Mendez, Mica: ‘We’ll have a surface transportation bill by August recess’

by John Latta, Better Roads Editor-in-Chief ORLANDO–1st International Transportation Construction Management Conference Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) head Victor Mendez had at least positive notions today at the 1st International Transportation Construction Management Conference that is loaded with intense technical presentations. One: Mendez and House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee Chairman John Mica appear to be […]

February 8, 2011

LaHood helps break ground on Milton-Madison bridge replacement project

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined Congressman Baron Hill, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, Kentucky Governor Steven Beshear and other state and local officials in breaking ground late last month on the Milton-Madison bridge replacement project, which received a $20 million grant earlier this year under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The grant is from the U.S. Department of Transportation TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) program.

December 14, 2010

SAFETEA-LU Extended Again. Again.

I suppose the best that can be said of it is that they didn’t go playing brinkmanship games. The House just went ahead and approved a $1.2 trillion continuing resolution to keep federal agencies (including Federal highway programs) funded and thus up and running through the end of September. Next week the Senate may, or […]

December 10, 2010

Rep. Dent: Why stimulus funds for cement importation terminal?

During an Oct. 13 press conference at the Keystone Cement Company in East Allen Township, Pa., U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent (Pa.-15) questioned the use of federal government financing to support the construction of a cement importation terminal in Staten Island, N.Y. Dent, Co-Chair of the House Cement Caucus, was joined by employees from all five […]

October 13, 2010

Congestion fighting then; and now.

You knew these stories were coming. There have surely been others already that I have missed. They address the question: what do we do now, now that there isn’t enough money for those grand congestion fighting highway expansion plans we had? This time its Atlanta looking for ways to scale back a massive expansion plan […]

October 11, 2010

Feds: More stimulus please, if economy remains weak

From BetterRoads.com by Tina Grady Barbaccia There is no question that the transportation construction industry has benefited from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), a.ka. “the stimulus,” but whether the stimulus was a good idea in the first place has been hotly debated. However, Federal Reserve officials have said that we may need to […]

October 7, 2010

Vermont gets $50 million for high-speed rail

Vermont has received $50 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) dollars to begin construction to improve 190 miles of track between St. Albans and Vernon on Amtrak’s Vermonter line. The improvements will result in increased speeds, reduced travel time and greater reliability. “President Obama’s bold vision for high-speed rail will transform transportation in Vermont […]

October 5, 2010

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