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Roadbuilding

Counting on a Conference Committee

It is our challenge, as an industry, to hold Republicans’ and Democrats’ feet to the fire and demand the passage of an adequate transportation bill.

March 21, 2012

Construction Equipment

Counting on a Conference Committee

As this issue of Aggregates Manager was going to press, everyone inside the Beltway was talking about the need for transportation reauthorization. The question is whether talk will lead to action. Even Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is in the dark on that one. In late January, he told Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting attendees that, […]

March 21, 2012

Roadbuilding

LaHood: Nearly $1.6 available for damaged roads, bridges

Nearly $1.6 billion is being made available to states and territories across the United States to help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by a variety of natural disasters, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Jan. 9. “Communities from coast to coast are still recovering from disasters that have affected the roads […]

January 9, 2012

Contractor Disaster Resources

LaHood: Nearly $1.6 available for damaged roads, bridges

Nearly $1.6 billion is being made available to states and territories across the United States to help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by a variety of natural disasters, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Jan. 9.

January 9, 2012

Contractor Disaster Resources

LaHood: $1 million in quick-release emergency relief funds immediately available for N.H. flood damage

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is making $1 million in quick release emergency funds immediately available to the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) to begin repairs to roads and bridges damaged by floods from Hurricane Irene. “The Obama Administration stands ready to provide federal support to New Hampshire as it recovers from the damages […]

September 14, 2011

Roadbuilding

RoadWorks

AEM’s new revenue-neutral solution for America’s interstates, Fed grants boost state DOT budgets the EPA backs of its “numeric turbidity linmits” and new infrastructure rankings are among the featured news items.

September 7, 2011

Roadbuilding

Congress reaches deal to end FAA shutdown

After a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that left 4,000 transportation and construction workers temporarily furloghed, Congress has reached a bipartisan compromise that after the Senate approved the margin. The Budget Control Act of 2011 has been sent to President Obama for his signature. The bill raises the debt ceiling, protects the […]

August 4, 2011

Home

Congress reaches deal to end FAA shutdown

After a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that left 4,000 transportation and construction workers temporarily furloghed, Congress has reached a bipartisan compromise that after the Senate approved the margin.

August 4, 2011

Safety

LaHood: $24.3 million in grants to boost Keystone Corridor train Speeds to 125 mph

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on July 21 said that work can begin on closing the last three highway-rail grade crossings on the Keystone Corridor with the signing of $24.3 million in grant agreements between the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Eliminating the grade crossings, areas where a highway and a […]

July 22, 2011

Roadbuilding

Highway Contractor

Now is the time to prepare for winter. Check out these stories for ideas that will get you ready for freezing temperatures.

June 4, 2011

Roadbuilding

One II One

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood talks about distracted driving, reauthorization, infrastructure and many more current transportation issues.

May 9, 2011

Roadbuilding

Lattatudes

Ray LaHood insists that transportation is still bipartisan, even today, and that, in the end, is the basis of his unbridled optimism.

May 9, 2011