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ARTBA forecast: Drop in 2011 highway, bridge construction market

Continuing budget challenges for state and local governments, uncertainty surrounding a new long-term federal surface transportation bill, and winding down of infrastructure investment under the stimulus law will drive a 4.4 percent contraction in the U.S. highway and bridge construction market in 2011, according to the annual forecast from American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s […]

December 15, 2010

LaHood confirmed for ARTBA public-private partnership conference July 22-23

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has confirmed to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) that he will deliver the keynote address at the association’s 22nd Annual ARTBA Public-Private Partnerships (P3) in Transportation Conference, held July 22-23 at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. LaHood is expected to share his views on the […]

April 29, 2010

ARTBA to Congress: Public-private partnerships, raise user fees will help address U.S. transportation problems

The massive gap between current federal investment levels and what the U.S. Department of Transportation says is needed to maintain and improve America’s highway and transit systems cannot be closed without boosting current user fees and significantly expanding the use of innovative financing methods, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) told the House […]

April 15, 2010

Transportation engineering prof Chandra R. Bhat named ARTBA S.S. Steinberg Award

Chandra R. Bhat, Ph.D., the Adan Abou-Ayyash centennial professor in transportation engineering at the University of Texas at Austin is the 2009 recipient of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association S.S. Steinberg Award The award, named after the founding president of the ARTBA Research & Education Division (RED), recognizes an individual who has made […]

January 21, 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

Missouri DOT, project partners win two awards for highway design, community outreach

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and Paseo Corridor Constructors (PCC) Interstate 29/35 Connections “kcICON” Project team has received two honors for its corridor aesthetic design and community outreach efforts. The kcICON Project’s corridor aesthetics package earned a “Design Un-built” award from the Prairie Gateway Chapter/American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). The award submittal described […]

January 6, 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

Dean Franks promoted to ARTBA Director of Congressional Affairs

Dean Franks has been promoted to director of congressional affairs, the Washington, D.C.-based American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) announced. Franks joined ARTBA in October 2006 as a legislative representative after a successful three-year stint on Capitol Hill. In his new role, he serves as the association’s liaison to the U.S. Congress. As a […]

January 6, 2010

What this election means to you

Elections have a huge impact on transportation funding issues. ARTBA has the scoop here on what the musical chairs game means in Washinton D.C.

January 5, 2010

Florida Contractor Leo Vecellio named ARTBA Foundation chairman

Leo A. Vecellio, Jr., chairman, president and CEO of West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Vecellio Group, Inc., has been elected chairman of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) Board of Trustees. The announcement was made during the association’s national convention, held Oct. 6-9 in Charleston, S.C. Vecellio has been involved with […]

October 14, 2009

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