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Roadbuilding

Lattatudes

What is vitally needed from our politicians is clear – give us an adequately-funded six-year surface transportation act, now.

November 1, 2010

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NAPA’s Mid-Year Meeting lineup: Reauthorization and climate change

The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) announced that the lineup of sessions for its Midyear Meeting will include the latest information about Congress’s progress on the climate change and surface transportation reauthorization bills. The meeting is scheduled for July 26-28, 2010 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C. The NAPA committee meetings are scheduled […]

June 2, 2010

Roadbuilding

Financial District: Doing the fuel tax two step

Controversial climate and energy tax may threaten reauthorization.

May 1, 2010

Safety

Rep. Duncan: Reauthorization stalled because no one can agree

U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN), Highways and Transit Subcommittee Ranking Member, told his colleagues during a hearing on using innovative financing practices to deliver surface transportation projects that the main reason that reauthorization has been stalled is because Congress continues to agree to disagree. Here’s his opening statement: “This is an important hearing […]

April 15, 2010

Roadbuilding

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

Roadbuilding

House OKs $15 billion jobs bill, Senate to vote on amendments March 16

Congressional Democrats made headway on their top legislative priority — job creation — when the House of Representatives approved a $15 billion package of tax credits and highway construction. The 217-to-201 vote gave Democrats a much-needed victory after weeks of delay caused by Republican tactics, a record-setting snowstorm, and internal bickering. More job-creation efforts are […]

March 12, 2010

Business

House OKs $15 billion jobs bill, Senate to vote on amendments March 16

Congressional Democrats made headway on their top legislative priority — job creation — when the House of Representatives approved a $15 billion package of tax credits and highway construction. The 217-to-201 vote gave Democrats a much-needed victory after weeks of delay caused by Republican tactics, a record-setting snowstorm, and internal bickering. More job-creation efforts are […]

March 12, 2010

Roadbuilding

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

Roadbuilding

Is the Senate’s approval of a highway bill extension a step in the right direction or two steps back?

The Senate passed an extension of the highway bill through the end of December, which seems like it would be a move in the right direction. But that one advancement forward may very well be one move in the right direction but two steps backward. An analysis by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association […]

February 26, 2010

Roadbuilding

Financial District: Hurry up and wait

For cash-strapped state and local governments that have critical transportation infrastructure needs, but no money to pay for them, the coming year will be bittersweet.

February 1, 2010

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Do you have bold ideas to meet big challenges of our transportation future?

It’s no secret that we have an uphill battle as we work towards the reauthorization of SAFETEA-LU. We’re already in the midst of an 18-month delay (a bad idea, in my opinion, I must add). But while the reauthorization is put on pause, we still to keep our efforts on play and keep ideas and […]

January 15, 2010

Maintenance

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