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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
Dealers
Stephenson Equipment to acquire Walsh Equipment
Stephenson Equipment Incorporated (SEI) is acquiring Walsh Equipment, with the latter operating as a division of SEI and continuing to operate out of its two Pennsylvania locations. SEI was founded in 1957 and is based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It now has four branches in its home state along with two in New York. Walsh is […]
August 7, 2017
Roadbuilding
California awarded $40 million in TIGER grants for 4 projects
Four California municipalities have received a total of $40 million in Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery Program (TIGER) grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation to be used on four distinct projects. “These grants reflect an important investment in California’s modern transportation system,” says Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty. “They not only ensure that Californians will […]
August 3, 2016
Roadbuilding
U.S. DOT awards $500 million in TIGER Grants for 39 transportation projects
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded $500 million in Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants to 39 transportation projects across the country. TIGER grants “recognize projects nationwide that will advance key transportation goals such as safety, innovation and opportunity.” USDOT said this year, which is the seventh round of the program, the agency […]
October 30, 2015
Roadbuilding
Senate appropriations approves $55.65 billion bill for transportation and housing
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development has approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill, which will now be turned over to the full committee for consideration on June 25. The bill includes a $1.88 billion increase compared to FY2015, but is $7 billion below President […]
June 24, 2015
Roadbuilding
USDOT TIGER funding makes $500 million available for transportation projects
The seventh round of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) competitive grant program opens up $500 million for transportation projects, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has announced. The FY 2015 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, signed last December, provides for the TIGER funding this year. Applications must be submitted for capital investments […]
April 6, 2015
Roadbuilding
Congress passes spending bill; cuts billions from federal construction accounts
Two days after the legislation was passed by a tight vote in the House, the Senate passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill Saturday night that includes both good and bad news for federal construction accounts in 2015. The bill keeps the government funded through September, when the fiscal year ends. The Senate passed the spending […]
December 15, 2014
Roadbuilding
Foxx announces 72 TIGER 2014 recipients
The Department of Transportation (DOT) will provide $600 million for 72 transportation projects in 46 states and the District of Columbia from its TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) 2014 program. The DOT received 797 eligible applications from 49 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. That’s a huge increase from the 585 applications […]
September 18, 2014
Roadbuilding
House Appropriations Committee approves major cuts to TIGER program
The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved major cuts to 2014 TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grants in a markup of the panel’s Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) bill, Salon reports. The bill reduces the TIGER program from $500 million to $100 million. A report from The Hill notes that the bill […]
May 22, 2014
Roadbuilding
TIGER applications far outnumber available funding
Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant applications outnumber available funding for the program by nearly $9 billion, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced on Thursday. Applications for TIGER grants for fiscal year 2014 totaled $9.5 billion — 15 times more than the $600 million allocated for the program. Foxx said the DOT received 797 eligible […]
May 16, 2014
Roadbuilding
House Appropriations panel approves THUD bill; DOT Chief Foxx reiterates repercussions of Highway Trust Fund insolvency
A panel in House Appropriations Committee approved the committee’s transportation and housing bill on Wednesday, while Transportation Secretary Foxx discussed problems the U.S. will face if a new highway bill is not passed. The transportation and housing bill, which makes appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) through September 2015, […]
May 8, 2014
Roadbuilding
Obama proposes $302 billion, 4-year reauthorization bill, announces availability of $600 million in TIGER grants
The White House announced today that President Barack Obama will propose a $302 billion, four-year transportation reauthorization bill Wednesday during his visit to the Union Depot train station in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The President’s proposed bill aims to avoid insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), which is expected to run out of funds as […]
February 26, 2014
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