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Roadbuilding
Democratic senators call for shorter highway bill in order to maximize funding
A group of 26 Democratic senators have sent a letter to the bicameral conference committee currently working on a highway bill, calling for a shorter bill in order to provide more funding. Sens. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) and Tom Carper (D-Delaware) led the group of Democrats in the push for greater investment in the country’s infrastructure. The […]
November 20, 2015
Roadbuilding
Most recent highway funding patch “the last,” vows Shuster as bicameral conference gets underway
Lawmakers proclaimed that the latest and 36th-straight short-term highway patch would be the last as the bicameral conference committee met for the first time Wednesday. The bipartisan committee of members of the House of Representatives and the Senate met publicly Wednesday morning to begin the process of drafting the first long-term transportation bill in a decade. […]
November 19, 2015
Roadbuilding
The RoadPrinter builds brick roads as if it were unrolling carpet
Laying each individual block in a brick road can be a time-consuming process, but this machine from RP Systems has made the process a little less time consuming and much more fun to watch. Tech Insider recently featured the video below of the PRS6 RoadPrinter easily rolling out a road. Plus, the machine is building a […]
November 18, 2015
Roadbuilding
Yet another patch passed by House would extend highway funding through Dec. 4 as Congress works out long-term bill
Despite talk that Congress wanted to have a long-term transportation bill on President Barack Obama’s desk by next week, a meaningful highway bill won’t be something to be thankful for by Thanksgiving. The House of Representatives passed the 36th straight short-term patch to the Highway Trust Fund Monday night to extend funding through Dec. 4 […]
November 18, 2015
Roadbuilding
Utah DOT: ‘Get your head out of your apps’
“Get your head out of your apps.” That’s the playfully blunt message drivers in Utah got on Monday on electric highway signs in the state this week, according to KSL in Salt Lake City. Distracted driving is one of the leading causes of highway deaths in the era of smartphones, and the Utah Department of […]
November 11, 2015
Roadbuilding
Obama signs 3-week transportation funding patch into law
President Barack Obama has signed into law a three-week patch to the Highway Trust Fund to prevent a transportation funding stoppage while lawmakers attempt to pass a long-term highway bill. It marks the 35th short-term patch of the bill since 2008. According to the White House, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2015 was signed into law […]
October 30, 2015
Roadbuilding
Senate sends 3-week transportation funding patch to Obama’s desk
The Senate has passed a three-week patch to the Highway Trust Fund just a day before it was set to expire, sending the bill to the Oval Office. The Hill reported the Senate followed in the footsteps of the House of Representatives—which passed the patch Tuesday—and quickly passed the short-term measure to extend road spending until Nov. 20. […]
October 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
House passes 3-week Highway Trust Fund patch for time needed to craft long-term bill
The House of Representatives has passed another short-term transportation funding patch, but the countdown to another deadline will go by much faster this time around. Lawmakers in the House approved the three-week measure Tuesday, just two days before the Oct. 29 expiration date of the Highway Trust Fund. It’s the the 35th short-term HTF patch since 2008. But […]
October 28, 2015
Roadbuilding
House lawmakers propose one more highway funding patch while working on long-term bill
With the Highway Trust Fund set to expire this week, lawmakers in the House of Representatives have proposed a three- week patch to give them time to work on a long-term transportation funding bill. The House introduced the measure to fund and extend transportation programs through Nov. 20. Only extending the HTF by three weeks signals that lawmakers in […]
October 27, 2015
Roadbuilding
House transportation committee approves 6-year highway bill
The U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has approved a six-year, $325 billion transportation bill. The committee announced it had unanimously approved the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 Thursday afternoon after it was introduced for markup earlier in the morning. But with an approaching October 29 deadline for the expiration of the […]
October 23, 2015
Roadbuilding
South Carolina taps Christy Hall as new DOT Secretary
Christy Hall has been working as the Acting Secretary of the South Carolina Department of Transportation since July, but the state is ready to make it official. Gov. Nikki Haley announced that she had officially appointed Hall as the state’s Secretary of Transportation, according to a SCDOT press release. Hall’s appointment is the culmination of over two decades with […]
October 22, 2015
Roadbuilding
All 19 Democratic governors join together to urge Congress to act on a highway bill soon
Every single Democratic governor in the U.S. has joined together to send Congress a letter urging lawmakers to finally pass a long-term transportation bill. The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) said in a press release that the unanimous letter—the first in years with full support—called for Congress to do more than just pass a transportation patch. The […]
October 21, 2015
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