Construction Equipment
Ag Equipment
Roadbuilding
Dealers
Business
Technology
Tag: highway funding: Page 30
Business
Survey finds 68% of Americans want increased federal transportation funding, most willing to pay higher gas taxes
Two-thirds of Americans, or 68 percent, want the federal government to invest more in roads, bridges and mass transit systems, according to the results of a AAA survey released on Tuesday. Additionally, 5 percent of respondents said the federal government should invest less, while 24 percent want transportation spending levels to remain the same. The [ā¦]
June 12, 2014
Roadbuilding
Transportation advocates push for highway funding this week
Transportation advocates are flying to Washington, D.C. from all over the country to meet with lawmakers and discuss highway funding at the Transportation Construction Coalitionās (TCC) 2014 Legislative Fly-In on Tuesday and Wednesday. This yearāsĀ theme, āThe Time is Now: Fix the Highway Trust Fund,ā urges legislators to find a solution before the Highway Trust Fund [ā¦]
June 9, 2014
Roadbuilding
Opinion: Sinkholes and bridge closures, and how they relate to the highway fund shortage
Two news stories in particular have me thinking of what our nation will look like without a Highway Trust Fund fix. The first is a bridge closure in Delaware. According to an Associated Press report, officials closed a bridge near Wilmington because the support pillars are tilting by as much as 2.4 degrees. Engineers feared [ā¦]
June 6, 2014
Business
Can cutting Postal Service spending save highway construction funding? House GOP moves forward with controversial plan
House Republican leaders are moving forward with a plan to fund the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) with savings from cutting certain U.S. Postal Service programs. House GOP leaders released a memo on Friday outlining the plan, which includes changes such as ceasing Saturday operations, which Republicans say will save $10.7 billion over a decade,Ā PoliticoĀ reports. A [ā¦]
June 4, 2014
Roadbuilding
House GOP leaders move forward with USPS savings plan for highway funding; Senate EPW, postal union criticize plan
House Republican leaders are moving forward with a plan to fund the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) with savings from cutting certain U.S. Postal Service programs. House GOP leaders released a memo on Friday outlining the plan, which includes changes such as ceasing Saturday operations, which Republicans say will save $10.7 billion over a decade, Politico [ā¦]
June 2, 2014
Roadbuilding
Lawmakers consider U.S. Postal Service as highway funding source
As the deadline to find a revenue source for highway projects draws nearer, some lawmakers are looking for creative means of funding. The main source of funding, the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), is expected to run out of money in August. An insolvent HTF would halt projects across the nation. And though the Senate Environment [ā¦]
May 29, 2014
Roadbuilding
North Carolina DOT: Future state funding likely to include tolls
North Carolina is likely to begin using tolls to help fund state highway maintenance and expansions, according to The Daily News, Jacksonville. North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Chief Deputy Secretary Nick Tennyson recently told attendees at a public information session that, in order to perform all the work that is necessary on the 80,000 [ā¦]
May 28, 2014
Roadbuilding
Travel industry survey: āCrumbling infrastructureā poses economic threat
The ācrumbling infrastructureā in the U.S. threatens global competitiveness as well as job and economic growth, business leaders say. A survey conducted by Building Americaās Future (BAF) and the U.S. Travel Association found that more than three-quarters of respondents said the state of the transportation infrastructure in the U.S. puts the nation at a competitive [ā¦]
May 23, 2014
Roadbuilding
Utah transportation panel considers gas tax hike
The state gas tax in Utah may start rising if a proposed hike is approved. The stateās Transportation Interim Committee on Wednesday discussed an annual 1.5-cent-per-gallon increase that would be implemented over the next five years, the Associated Press reported. Utahās fuel tax, which currently stands at 25 cents per gallon, has not been raised [ā¦]
May 22, 2014
Roadbuilding
Connecticut could bond $11.9 million for road repairs
Connecticut could see more funding for highway repairs in the coming weeks. Gov. Dannel Malloy said this week that the state bond commission plans to meet next Friday to consider a $11.9 million bond that would fund road maintenance and resurfacing projects, the New Haven Register reports. Malloy said the proposed bonding, along with $57 [ā¦]
May 22, 2014
Roadbuilding
LaHood touts fuel tax hike at transportation tech summit
Speaking to attendees of the ALK Transportation Technology Summit in Princeton, N.J., former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made a case for raising the federal fuel tax by 10 cents a gallon and indexing the level to inflation going forward. With China building infrastructure at a rapid clip, āAmerica is one big pothole,ā he said. āItās [ā¦]
May 21, 2014
Roadbuilding
New Hampshire gas tax to rise 4.2 cents in July
New Hampshire can expect a 4.2-cent gas tax increase this summer, after the stateās governor signed a new bill to raise more money for transportation. Gov. Maggie Hassan on Tuesday signed SB 37, a bill that would raise the stateās gas and diesel tax by 4.2 cents per gallon, bringing in an additional $32 million [ā¦]
May 21, 2014
Previous Page
Page 30 of 39
Next Page
