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Roadbuilding

Spring is here, but effects of winter weather linger

Today marks the first day of spring, but that doesn’t mean transportation agencies are done battling winter’s harsh effects on the roads. The past few months brought freeze-thaw cycles that scarred roads with potholes and winter storms that called for more salt, sand, fuel and other snow removal resources than many agencies had prepared to […]

March 20, 2014

Roadbuilding

U.S. DOT: Highway Trust Fund could shortfall as early as late July

The U.S. Department of Transportation has updated its Highway Trust Fund Ticker, and a chart on the page shows that the Highway Trust Fund could shortfall as early as the end of July. The DOT notes that the HTF “will encounter a shortfall before the end of fiscal year (FY) 2014,” adding that “the surface […]

March 17, 2014

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TCC’s ‘Hardhats for Highways’ campaign urges Congress to fix Highway Trust Fund

A group of associations and labor unions is working to alert Congress to the looming insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) — the main source of highway infrastructure funding, which could run out as early as August. The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) — an alliance of 29 associations and labor unions focused on federal […]

March 13, 2014

Roadbuilding

Transportation Secretary Foxx expects next few months to be ‘rough’ for funding talks

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said on Monday that he expects the next few months of transportation infrastructure funding talks to be “rough,” The Hill reports. President Barack Obama last month introduced a $302 billion, four-year transportation reauthorization bill, and, according to The Hill’s report, he and Foxx are pushing for enactment of the bill before […]

March 11, 2014

Roadbuilding

DOT Chief Foxx points to $2.5 billion for transit in Obama’s proposed budget

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Wednesday that President Obama included $2.5 billion for transit expansions in his 2015 fiscal year budget proposal, The Hill reports. Foxx noted that the proposal offers grants for 26 rail, bus rapid transit and streetcar projects in 16 states, with funds coming from the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Capital Investment […]

March 6, 2014

Roadbuilding

Shuster, Boxer say highway bill is about jobs

Rep Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), both chair of their respective chamber’s transportation committee, on Thursday each reiterated President Obama’s message that the new highway bill is about job creation and retention, according to our sister site, Commercial Carrier Journal. Speaking to attendees at the 2014 American Association of State Highway and […]

March 2, 2014

Roadbuilding

Foxx: ‘We should do more than just stabilize the Highway Trust Fund’

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Thursday said it is not enough to try to only stabilize the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). Speaking at the 2014 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Washington Briefing, Foxx urged attendees to tell Congress to fix the Highway Trust Fund. “We need your help reminding Congress that […]

February 27, 2014

Roadbuilding

Obama proposes $302 billion, 4-year reauthorization bill, announces availability of $600 million in TIGER grants

The White House announced today that President Barack Obama will propose a $302 billion, four-year transportation reauthorization bill Wednesday during his visit to the Union Depot train station in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The President’s proposed bill aims to avoid insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), which is expected to run out of funds as […]

February 26, 2014

Business

Obama proposes $302 billion, 4-year transportation bill, announces $600 million in competitive grants

President Barack Obama has proposed a $302 billion, four-year transportation reauthorization bill with the aim of avoiding the Highway Trust Fund’s looming insolvency as well as providing a much-needed boost to the infrastructure improvements he promised during 2013’s State of the Union address. Through a White House announcement, Obama also announced that the U.S. Department of […]

February 26, 2014

Roadbuilding

FHWA announces availability of $30 million in Innovation Deployment grants

State transportation departments, and others involved in state highway projects, have the chance to receive up to $1 million each to use toward innovation planning and implementation. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) last week announced the availability of approximately $30 million in incentive funding for state DOTs under its Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration program, […]

February 24, 2014

Roadbuilding

South Carolina DOT could start selling roads to local agencies

South Carolina could start selling state roads to local governments — giving control of more than 20,000 miles of roads roads to local agencies — as soon as next year. Related: TxDOT makes significant changes to road maintenance transfer plan The state House’s main budget-writing panel voted Tuesday to approve an amendment that would allow the […]

February 22, 2014

Roadbuilding

Foxx: Highway Trust Fund ‘on track to bounce checks before FY 2015’

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Thursday warned that the Highway Trust Fund is expected to “bounce checks” starting this summer if Congress fails to come up with a funding solution. At a Chamber of Commerce Transportation Infrastructure Summit in Washington, D.C., Foxx noted that problems with the HTF, which funds the majority of highway projects […]

February 21, 2014