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House passes second spending bill for fiscal 2011
The House of Representatives passed the second fiscal 2011spending bill on July 29, mostly along party lines, according to a National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) Washington Watch & eDigest report. With a vote of 251-167, legislators went ahead with H.R. 5850, a $67.7 billion measure to fund transportation, and housing and urban development […]
August 2, 2010
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Financial District
Delayed reauthorization costs keep adding up with no relief in sight, a six-year surface transportation bill, the gas tax and infrastructure maintenance are among the issues featured.
July 1, 2010
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House votes to add $521 million to Federal Highway Program
The House of Representatives approved legislation on May 28 that would provide $521 million in additional highway funding, increasing allocations for 37 states, according to the AASHTO Journal. The following is what information appeared in the AASHTO Journal: This provision is contained in a tax-extenders bill, HR 4213, the American Jobs & Closing Tax Loopholes […]
June 16, 2010
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House votes to add $521 Million to Federal Highway Program
The House of Representatives approved legislation on May 28, 2010 that would provide $521 million in additional highway funding, increasing allocations for 37 states, according to the AASHTO Journal. The following is what information appeared in the AASHTO Journal: This provision is contained in a tax-extenders bill, HR 4213, the American Jobs & Closing Tax […]
June 10, 2010
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Lattatudes: Of pigs and other stories
One answer for the future is a long-term strategy that educates our children so that by the time they are voters they will have a very good understanding of the highway and bridge industry and be well aware of its needs.
June 1, 2010
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RoadWorks: Down but not out
Just as a rising tide is said to have the power to lift all boats, the Great Recession apparently leaves no-one behind. Equipment distributors have taken a pounding. Computer passwords, stormwater regulations, traffic congestion, increased highway funding and bauma 2010 are also featured.
June 1, 2010
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Financial District: Doing the fuel tax two step
Controversial climate and energy tax may threaten reauthorization.
May 1, 2010
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Lattatudes: Colors
History shows us that when companies fail to change they can be undone very quickly, and sometimes the rigidity comes not from an inability to change or even an unwillingness to change but a lack of awareness that change is needed.
May 1, 2010
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FHWA releases FY 2010 Highway Trust Fund balance status, balance charts
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released the most current statistics for the Status of the Highway Trust Fund – Fiscal Year 2010 and the Highway Account Balance. Click on the hotlinks above for a PDF of each chart. To go to the Website with this information, go to http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwaytrustfund/index.htm.
April 22, 2010
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$48.8 billion in highway funds available for states through HIRE Act
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that $48.8 billion in highway funds is now available to state departments of transportation for federal projects through the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act. “With spring and summer highway construction seasons just beginning, these funds will help make it easier for states to put people back […]
April 21, 2010
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$48.8 billion in highway funds available for states through HIRE Act
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that $48.8 billion in highway funds is now available to state departments of transportation for federal projects through the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act. “With spring and summer highway construction seasons just beginning, these funds will help make it easier for states to put people back […]
April 21, 2010
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Now Read This: Hands of the HTF Senators!
It’s a fear that has not been far beneath the surface of the reauthorization debate for some time now. I’ve written about in this blog and in the print issue of Better Roads, and now it’s broken the surface: the question is whether a future Highway Trust Fund (HTF), mostly still  filled by user fees/taxes that […]
April 6, 2010
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