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Texas transportation funding proposal heads to second special session

Texas lawmakers are getting a third chance to vote on state transportation funding with a special session that began Monday, according to Dallas Business Journal. Texas Governor Rick Perry called for the special session after confusion over whether votes had been cast before the previous special session ended June 25. The special session will include […]

July 9, 2013

Roadbuilding

Pennsylvania’s $2 billion proposed transportation bill remains out of state budget

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed into law on Sunday the state’s $28.4 billion budget bill, while the state’s transportation bill continued to lack support from both the House and Senate, CBS Philly and the Associated Press reported. The budget plan, which passed with a 111-92 House vote before winning the Senate’s approval, would increase spending […]

July 1, 2013

Roadbuilding

Keep America Moving campaign focuses on road, infrastructure funding

The American Highway Users Alliance launched its Keep America Moving (KAM) grassroots campaign last week. The campaign is an effort to organize local leaders in the U.S. to influence their elected officials to push for federal investment in America’s highways and bridges. KAM will offer key facts, issue alerts and calls-to-action that bring attention to […]

July 1, 2013

Roadbuilding

Your Swine Airlines flight is ready for departure

This is a fact: Gas taxes go up. All across the country they go up. Despite what you might think from listening to Washington politicians, they do go up. This week they go up. And they go up for a variety of reasons. But they go up. For politicians elected to national office to dig […]

July 1, 2013

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House bipartisan group proposes $750 billion infrastructure bank

A bipartisan group of more than 30 House members is proposing the creation of a $750 billion infrastructure bank that would fund infrastructure improvements, according to The Hill. The group of lawmakers, which consists of 15 Republicans and 15 Democrats, said in a “Dear Colleague” letter released on Thursday that the bank would be financed […]

June 28, 2013

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House Appropriation Committee approves $44.1 billion DOT, HUD budget

The full House Appropriations Committee yesterday approved a $44.1 billion Transportation, Housing and Urban Development funding bill on a vote of 28-20. The House committee’s bill is $9.9 billion below the Senate Appropriation Committee’s bill. Prior to approving the budget, the House Appropriations Committee adopted several amendments to the bill. Among the amendments affecting transportation […]

June 28, 2013

Roadbuilding

Senate Appropriations Committee approves $54 billion DOT, HUD budget

The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations announced today that it approved a $54 billion Transportation, Housing and Urban Development bill. The committee approved the bill by a vote of 22-8. Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) said in her opening statement investment in American infrastructure is important to growing the economy. Mikulski also noted the significance of […]

June 27, 2013

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House Appropriations Committee to revise USDOT, HUD budget

The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to meet tomorrow at 10 a.m. Eastern Time to revise the proposed $44.1 billion Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations budget. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies approved the budget last week. Tomorrow’s hearing will give committee members a chance to propose […]

June 26, 2013

Roadbuilding

66,000 U.S. bridges classified as deficient in 2013

Following Transportation for America’s release of a report stating that one in nine bridges is classified as structurally deficient, CNN Money has created an interactive map to demonstrate the amount of deficient bridges in each state in 2013. According to CNN Money’s report, the average lifespan of a bridge in the U.S. is 50 years. […]

June 24, 2013

Roadbuilding

Corporate road sponsorships coming to New Jersey

It had to happen. Funding for our transportation infrastructure is inadequate, to use a nice word, and states and any other agencies responsible for our bridges and roads are going to have to continue to find and mine almost any source they can think of. So New Jersey is set to allow corporate sponsorships of […]

June 24, 2013

Roadbuilding

House to begin rail funding talks

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a hearing next week, when the committee will begin considering a new Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act (PRIIA), according to The Hill. The current PRIIA bill, which was signed into law in 2008 by former President George W. Bush, is set to expire in September. The […]

June 21, 2013

Roadbuilding

House Democrats introduce $5.5 billion bridge-funding bill

Democrats in the House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would allow $5.5 billion to be spent on bridge repairs in the United States, according to a report from The Hill. The bill, known as the Strengthen and Fortify Existing Bridges (SAFE Bridges) Act, would affect more than 150,000 bridges that are classified as […]

June 19, 2013