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Roadbuilding

More reauthorization money?

Heartening note in a Reuters report that House Republicans, especially House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman John Mica, may be willing and able to work on finding enough funding for a new surface transportation bill to keep it functioning at current levels. You’ll recall that Mica and fellow committee Republicans had presented a proposal that […]

October 3, 2011

Roadbuilding

RoadWorks

AEM’s new revenue-neutral solution for America’s interstates, Fed grants boost state DOT budgets the EPA backs of its “numeric turbidity linmits” and new infrastructure rankings are among the featured news items.

September 7, 2011

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Coalition to Committee on Deficit Reduction: Surface transportation program must be considered in mission

Stressing that a cost-effective, well-maintained, safe and efficient transportation system is essential to economic growth, job creation and global competiveness, a group of construction materials organizations is urging the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to consider the state of the nation's surface transportation system as part of its deliberations, according to the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA).

August 25, 2011

Roadbuilding

Wanna hear something scary?

According to Politico’s Ben Smith there is a little known upcoming event that is probably nothing to worry about. Most of the gas tax is set to expire on September 30. Actually all but 4.3 cents of the 18.4 cents is on the block. No it’s not part of reauthorization (the latest extension of that […]

August 17, 2011

Roadbuilding

More Here = Less There

This calculation is so simple that even I, who is severely math-challenged, can do it.  If the fuel tax remains the same but the amount of fuel used goes down, less money is generated. The White House says: On Tuesday, August 9, the President will travel to Interstate Moving Services in Springfield, Virginia, to announce […]

August 5, 2011

Workforce

Six year tab: $5.4 billion in lost equipment revenues

Congress’ failure to maintain highway funding could cost the construction equipment industry more than $900 million in lost market opportunity nationwide in 2012 and $5.4 billion over the next six years, a new analysis by Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) finds. Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are considering how to reauthorize and […]

August 4, 2011

Construction Equipment

On Record

E-ZPass to highway funding? By Marcia Gruver Doyle Hopes for an even adequate highway funding bill were dashed on the rocks of the U.S. House and Senate proposals released last month. How do we move roadbuilding revenues beyond the frozen-in-time gas tax? One thing we can’t do is think our only choice to a gas […]

August 3, 2011

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Mica says Dem transportation proposal is ‘sad and disappointing’

Transportation Committee Chairman John L. Mica (R-Fla.) released the following statement July 11 in response to Democrat attacks on an outline presented on July 6 by Committee leaders to reauthorize federal transportation programs: “It is disappointing and sad that some Democrats have launched a personal and partisan attack on the Republican proposal for a six-year transportation reauthorization.

July 12, 2011

Roadbuilding

Mica’s “back-of-the-envelope” bill is here

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman John Mica has just ended a two-hour webcast introduction of the $230B, six-year bill that he wants to replace SAFETEA-LU. Now I have to go through the bill itself to find the details. His core points were that this is a six year bill because a two year bill […]

July 7, 2011

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RoadWorks

Reauthorization, an international bridge conference and bypasses are among the industry news items featured.

May 9, 2011

Roadbuilding

NSSGA chair: ‘We must take America back’

The release of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s FY 2012 budget plan comes with mixed emotions in the industry, says the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA). Although the organization says it applauds and shares his interest in consolidating duplicative programs as identified by the Government Accounting Office (GAO), focusing funding on the […]

April 7, 2011

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NSSGA chair: ‘We must take America back’

The release of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s FY 2012 budget plan comes with mixed emotions in the industry, says the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA).

April 7, 2011