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Michigan lawmakers send package of transportation-funding bills to governor

The Michigan House and Senate passed a package of seven bills aimed at providing $1.2 billion a year for bridge and road projects, split evenly between existing funds and new taxes. The plan, dubbed the 600/600 or Plan R, has been sent to Gov. Rick Snyder for his signature. The bills also provided for $200 […]

November 4, 2015

Roadbuilding

Amendment aims to raise federal gas tax as part of long-term transportation bill

An amendment to the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform (STRR) Act (HR 3763) filed late last week aims to raise federal gas and diesel taxes by 15 cents over a three period and would tie them to inflation. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) filed HR 680, the Update, Promote, and Develop America’s Transportation Essentials (UPDATE) Act on Oct. […]

November 2, 2015

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway approves $132.4 million in construction contracts

The Illinois Tollway recently approved $132.4 million in construction contracts, bringing the yearly total for construction and engineering projects approvals to $909 million. The approvals are part of the Move Illinois Program, which began in 2012 and has approved roughly $4 billion in contracts to date. The Illinois Tollway says the program has “created or […]

November 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

Texas approves $45 million for October Proposition 1 projects

The Texas Transportation Commission (TTC) has approved three projects totaling roughly $45 million as part of the October round of the state’s Proposition 1 transportation funding program. The September round included 22 projects valued at roughly $304 million. The TTC has now approved final contract awards on 122 of the planned 200 projects. Proposition 1, approved […]

November 1, 2015

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Obama signs 3-week transportation funding patch into law

President Barack Obama has signed into law a three-week patch to the Highway Trust Fund to prevent a transportation funding stoppage while lawmakers attempt to pass a long-term highway bill. It marks the 35th short-term patch of the bill since 2008. According to the White House, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015 was signed into law […]

October 30, 2015

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 sends 3-week transportation funding patch to Obama’s desk

The Senate has passed a three-week patch to the Highway Trust Fund just a day before it was set to expire, sending the bill to the Oval Office. The Hill reported the Senate followed in the footsteps of the House of Representatives—which passed the patch Tuesday—and quickly passed the short-term measure to extend road spending until Nov. 20. […]

October 29, 2015

Roadbuilding

TRIP finds one-third of Maine’s local, state bridges structurally deficient or functionally obsolete

The Road Improvement Program’s (TRIP) latest report from 2014 data shows 33 percent of Maine’s locally- and state-maintained bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. TRIP also said Maine has labeled 11 percent of these bridges as poor, a rating that is similar to the federal rating of structurally deficient. The report indicates 18 percent […]

October 29, 2015

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House passes 3-week Highway Trust Fund patch for time needed to craft long-term bill

The House of Representatives has passed another short-term transportation funding patch, but the countdown to another deadline will go by much faster this time around. Lawmakers in the House approved the three-week measure Tuesday, just two days before the Oct. 29 expiration date of the Highway Trust Fund. It’s the the 35th short-term HTF patch since 2008. But […]

October 28, 2015

Roadbuilding

Georgia DOT postpones 34 projects over federal funding uncertainty

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will not release 34 federally funded projects for bids in December due to funding uncertainty. The projects, valued at $123 million, are being postponed while Congress works toward either a long-term solution or a temporary patch for funding the Highway Trust Fund. “It has been 10 years since Congress has […]

October 28, 2015

Roadbuilding

House lawmakers propose one more highway funding patch while working on long-term bill

With the Highway Trust Fund set to expire this week, lawmakers in the House of Representatives have proposed a three- week patch to give them time to work on a long-term transportation funding bill. The House introduced the measure to fund and extend transportation programs through Nov. 20. Only extending the HTF by three weeks signals that lawmakers in […]

October 27, 2015

Roadbuilding

Rhode Island DOT’s 10-year plan provides $4.7 billion for bridge and road projects

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has released to the public a $4.7 billion 10-year transportation improvement program that promises to repair 453 bridges in the first five years and fund $708 million in pavement projects. “A predictable and reliable capital program is a critically important part of putting RIDOT’s house in order and the […]

October 27, 2015