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Obama signs 2-week transportation patch

President Barack Obama signed into law on Friday the 36th short-term highway bill patch as Congress works out a unified long-term bill. The new patch will extend funding through Dec. 4, by which time the House and Senate hope to have the first long-term highway bill in over a decade on the president’s desk. The Hill reported that Obama […]

November 23, 2015

Roadbuilding

Democratic senators call for shorter highway bill in order to maximize funding

A group of 26 Democratic senators have sent a letter to the bicameral conference committee currently working on a highway bill, calling for a shorter bill in order to provide more funding. Sens. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) and Tom Carper (D-Delaware) led the group of Democrats in the push for greater investment in the country’s infrastructure. The […]

November 20, 2015

Roadbuilding

Most recent highway funding patch “the last,” vows Shuster as bicameral conference gets underway

Lawmakers proclaimed that the latest and 36th-straight short-term highway patch would be the last as the bicameral conference committee met for the first time Wednesday. The bipartisan committee of members of the House of Representatives and the Senate met publicly Wednesday morning to begin the process of drafting the first long-term transportation bill in a decade. […]

November 19, 2015

Roadbuilding

Yet another patch passed by House would extend highway funding through Dec. 4 as Congress works out long-term bill

Despite talk that Congress wanted to have a long-term transportation bill on President Barack Obama’s desk by next week, a meaningful highway bill won’t be something to be thankful for by Thanksgiving. The House of Representatives passed the 36th straight short-term patch to the Highway Trust Fund Monday night to extend funding through Dec. 4 […]

November 18, 2015

Roadbuilding

Senate votes to meet with House to finalize highway bill

The United States Senate is officially set to meet with members of the House of Representatives in order to finalize a long-term transportation bill. The Senate passed the measure 78-20, with two senators abstaining, in order to send a delegation of Senators to meet with members of the House in a conference committee to work on the […]

November 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

Study: No ‘significant difference’ between cost of gas tax and RUC on California drivers

Fuel efficient cars have been a boon for the environment and the wallets of drivers, but it’s had the side effect of bringing in fewer tax dollars to support roads in California and across the nation. As a result, some states are looking toward adopting a new road user charge (RUC) that taxes drivers based […]

November 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

Michigan DOT holds public webinar on long-range transportation plan revisions

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is holding a public webinar Nov. 12 to discuss “forecasts and strategies” in the state’s “MI Transportation Plan: Moving Michigan Forward.” The current plan covers the years 2005 to 2035 and MDOT is looking to add plans continuing to 2040. “MDOT is revising the plan in order to maintain […]

November 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

Georgia DOT awards $396 million in contracts, including deferred projects

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has awarded $396.2 million in contracts across the state, including projects worth $264 million that had previously been deferred. GDOT announced last month it would not release 34 federally funded projects for bids in December due to federal funding uncertainty. A few of the previously deferred projects approved in […]

November 9, 2015

Roadbuilding

House passes $325 billion, 6-year transportation bill

America’s infrastructure is much closer to having long-term funding following the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passing a new highway bill on Thursday. According to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, after representatives voted on over 100 amendments, the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 was passed with a resounding 363-64 vote. The bill, which was […]

November 5, 2015

Roadbuilding

Texas voters overwhelmingly approve $2.5 billion in funding for transportation projects

Texas voters gave a resounding ‘yes’ to new transportation funding Tuesday as they passed Proposition 7 with more than 80 percent of the votes. According to the Texas Department of Transportation, the new funding from Proposition 7 will give the state more money to spend on infrastructure projects without having to enact new taxes, tolls, fees […]

November 5, 2015

Roadbuilding

Seattle voters approve levy for $930 million transportation funding plan

Voters in Seattle voted yes to the “Transportation Levy to Move Seattle,“ which will provide $930 million over nine years to fund transportation projects in the city through a property tax increase. The levy would cost the homeowner of a median priced home in the Seattle, $450,000, roughly $275 per year. Homeowners have been paying […]

November 5, 2015

Roadbuilding

Maine voters approve $85 million bond program for infrastructure projects

Voters in Maine have approved an $85 million bond program that would supply funding for road and bridge projects as well as multimodal infrastructure work. More than 70 percent of voters approved the measure Earlier this year Gov. Paul LePage approved the bill, LD 1415, which placed the funding vote on the state’s ballot earlier […]

November 5, 2015