Chris Hill (EQW)RoadbuildingSenate passes 3-month transportation funding extension and long-term DRIVE ActThe Senate worked double-time on transportation funding issues Thursday, passing the House’s $8 billion, three-month extension (H.R. 3236) and its own DRIVE Act (H.R. 22). The extension, the 34th such measure since 2008, now moves on to President Obama for his signature to keep the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) financed until Oct. 29. The extension […]July 31, 2015RoadbuildingTIGER grant applications reach $9.8 billion, nearly 20x available for transportation projectsApplications for the seventh round of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants amounted to $9.8 billion, a figure many times the $500 million available amount, and a clear indicator of the pressing need for increased federal funding. The majority of the 625 applications submitted by June 5 were […]July 31, 2015RoadbuildingSenate on deck for approving House’s 3-month extension for transportation fundingThe House has passed H.R. 3236, a new 3-month extension that provides financing for the Highway Trust Fund and other transportation expenses. Current transportation funding will expire July 31. The bill now moves on to the Senate, which is expected to vote on the legislation today or tomorrow and then send it on to President Obama, […]July 30, 2015RoadbuildingConnecticut bond commission approves $24.9 million in first round of “Let’s Go CT” infrastructure projectsThe Connecticut State Bond Commission has approved $24.9 million in the first round of infrastructure projects under the “Let’s Go CT” program approved earlier this year. The plan will provide $2.5 billion for projects over the next five years. In announcing the approval, Governor Dannel Malloy said this is the first step in revitalizing the […]July 30, 2015RoadbuildingHouse to ignore long-term transportation funding bill and vote on 3-month extension to force Senate’s handThe House plans to vote today on a new short-term extension for transportation funding, extending solvency for the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) to October 29, and will leave on their August break this afternoon, essentially shirking any responsibility in taking up the Senate’s long-term funding option. According to a report by The Hill, House Speaker John Boehner […]July 29, 2015RoadbuildingFunding for Missouri transportation projects jumps 4.5% over projectionsFiscal year 2015 revenue from state taxes and fees used for funding transportation projects in Missouri increased by 4.5 percent compared to projections, resulting in a bonus $47 million to be used by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) for roads and bridges. According to Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) Chairman Stephen Miller, this […]July 29, 2015RoadbuildingConstruction worker protects woman during escape from abductor in Virginia work zoneKevin Huntington, a construction crewmember who does work along Interstate 95 in Virginia, offered temporary sanctuary to a young woman allegedly being harassed and pursued by a man, according to a report by WTVR. Huntington was working near I-95 mile marker 155 in northern Virginia when an 18-year-old woman pulled up, jumped out of her […]July 28, 2015RoadbuildingSenators continue policy games with transportation funding bill as July 31 deadline loomsWhile the Senate’s DRIVE Act, H.R. 22, is being lauded for the potential it brings for the first long-term transportation funding option in years, it is now being used as a political pawn with attached amendments. The bill would provide three years of guaranteed funding for the Highway Trust Fund. This is nothing new in […]July 28, 2015RoadbuildingFHWA provides $2 million in emergency relief funds for I-10 bridge repairThe Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has provided immediately $2 million in emergency relief funds for repairs to the Interstate 10 Tex Wash Bridge near Desert Center, California, that collapsed July 19 after heavy rains and flash flooding resulting from Hurricane Dolores hit the area. “About 20,000 drivers use this bridge each day, traveling between Arizona and […]July 27, 2015RoadbuildingGeorgia DOT awards two bridge projects from new $100 million bridge bond programThe Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has awarded two bridge and approach construction contracts that will be funded from a bridge bond program instituted this year by the state. 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