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Financial District

The “jobs bill,” public-private partnerships and equipment trade shows are featured.

April 1, 2010

U.S. DOT furloughs to shut down critical construction projects

The Department of Transportation will furlough nearly 2,000 employees without pay Monday, temporarily shutting down highway reimbursements to states worth hundreds of millions of dollars, national anti-drunk driving efforts, and multi-million dollar construction projects across the country. The action comes as a result of Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning’s decision to block key legislation that would […]

March 1, 2010

House passes voice vote on 30-day extension of Highway Trust Fund, other programs

Unable to reach agreement on Feb. 25 on the Senate long-term extension of the highway program, the House by voice vote passed a 30-day extension of several programs including the Highway Trust Fund at the low pro rata rate currently provided by the continuing resolution and sent it to the Senate, the National Stone, Sand […]

February 26, 2010

Another Band-Aid: House passes $7 billion to shore up the Highway Trust Fund

Well, it’s not the ideal solution, but this Band-Aid will at least keep the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) solvent. Just days before the HTF was going to run into the red, the House yesterday approved $7 billion to shore up the almost empty fund, according to a Reuters report in The Washington Post. This stop-gap […]

January 15, 2010

Fuzzy funding may mean bad news for highway projects and economy

Although an 18-month extension for SAFETEA-LU is in the works as a temporary measure after the legislation expires Sept. 30, we still have a major problem. First, we need to make sure we make some progress on developing the next surface transportation bill during this extension instead of waiting 18 months and then starting on it. […]

January 15, 2010

LaHood: Letting states opt out of highway program ‘not best way forward’

Regardless mof whether the funding formula used to distribute federal highway money to states is unfair, I’m still not convinced that letting states opt out of participating in the federal highway program is a better solution…or one that even makes sense. (Disclaimer here: This is my own opinion, not that of Better Roads or any of the […]

January 11, 2010

There are bigger concerns than one piece of legislation

In a recent phone call with Jeff Solsby, director of communications for the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), I asked him about the proposed legislation by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Texas’ senior senator. She has introduced legislation that will allow states to opt out of the federal highway program. Rather than receiving […]

January 6, 2010

It’s high time we came up with a highway funding solution

It’s no surprise that the Highway Trust Fund, or HTF, is almost insolvent again. We’ve known the time is coming. Last year, we managed to keep it going with the transfer of about $8 billion from the General Trust Fund. But now we’re in trouble again. We’ve been talking about it and writing about […]

January 6, 2010

Lattatudes

One of the most disturbing aspects of the delay in passing a new surface transportation act is the curious idea held in the administration and the senate that a delay, perhaps as long as a year and a half, will allow people in Washington to find surprising, innovative and paradigm-changing ways to pay for it.

December 1, 2009

Kirk Landers: The sky would not fall this time either

The stated fears of a fuel tax increase on the political left and right are a lot of bunk.

December 1, 2009

Financial District: Tell Them What They Need to Know…Not What they Want to Hear

The United States huge, and growing, deficit numbers are setting the tone for the construction industry and highway funding is the message from an industry forum.

October 1, 2009

Kirk Landers: Lobbyists, lawyers and taxes

The fuel tax is worth lobbying for.

July 1, 2009

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