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Roadbuilding

Worker shortage delays major highway expansion project in Austin

Austin is the latest city in the U.S where contractors are concerned over the shortage of skilled construction workers. According to a report from KVUE, construction crews are adding one toll lane in each direction to the congested 11-mile stretch of Texas State Highway Loop 1 (the MoPac) from Parmer Lane to Cesar Chavez Street. “It’s a […]

July 15, 2015

Roadbuilding

NAPA to hold silent auction at 2016 annual meeting to endow emergency benevolent fund

The National Asphalt Pavement Association will hold a silent auction at its 2016 annual meeting to help fund and take a step toward long-term endowment of the NAPA Care Emergency Benevolent Fund. The announcement was made at the association’s first general session of its midyear meeting in Denver. The program provides immediate funds ($5,000) to […]

July 15, 2015

Roadbuilding

NAPA presents Operational Excellence awards at midyear meeting

The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) presented its 2014 Operational Excellence Awards in five categories during the associations first general session of its 2015 Midyear Meeting in Denver. The winners and finalists include: Asphalt Operations Safety Innovations Award For most innovative safety practices Winners Lakeside Industries Inc., Issaquah, Washington, custom-fitted hearing protection Payne & Dolan […]

July 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

USDOT releases road and bridge condition details for each state to highlight Highway Trust Fund needs

To highlight the dwindling amount of time left in providing for the Highway Trust Fund, which ends July 31 without Congressional action, the U.S. Department of Transportation has released road and bridge conditions for each state. As the deadline approaches, legislators are starting to warm up to action with a tax reform proposal and cosponsoring a […]

July 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

Senate committee set to vote on “comprehensive” transportation reform Wednesday

U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) announced the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will consider and vote on transportation reforms on Wednesday. The Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act would authorize the office of the Secretary of Transportation for the next six years (fiscal years 2016 through 2021). The legislation would also add transportation […]

July 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

Bipartisan House group wants to use “Queen of the Hill” rule to make gains on transportation bill

A group of 10 members of the House of Representatives have had enough of the back-and-forth that has plagued and stalled the discussion over a long-term transportation bill leading up to the expiration of the Highway Trust Fund at the end of the month. The bipartisan group sent a letter on Friday urging Speaker of […]

July 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

Kansas DOT approves $73.4 million in state highway projects

The Kansas Department of Transportation approved $73.4 million in bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects in its June lettings. These projects include: District One (Northeast) Johnson U.S. 69 in Kansas City, intelligent transportation system, 3.7 miles, ADB Companies Inc. — $902,360.25 Kansas City metro area, intelligent transportation system, ADB Companies Inc. — $674,126.00. […]

July 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

Cameras going up on Arizona freeway to monitor commercial trucks

Motorists traveling on the freeways in Arizona can rest assured those new cameras going up along Interstate 10 aren’t monitoring them. Unless they’re driving a commercial truck, that is. The Arizona Department of Transportation told the Casa Grande Dispatch the cameras are being placed along the Interstate on towers between Casa Grande Valley and Phoenix to monitor […]

July 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

Larsen co-sponsors bill calling for 15-cents-per-gallon gas tax increase for transportation funding

Representative Rick Larsen (D-Washington) has cosponsored H.R. 680, the UPDATE Act, which would raise the gas tax by 15 cents per gallon over a three-year period. The bill was first proposed by Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) and was referenced in a recent House Ways and Means Committee meeting on transportation funding. “Our country’s transportation funding is […]

July 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

McConnell: “We’re not going to raise the gas tax”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) said transportation legislation could be on the floor next week as the July 31 Highway Trust Fund expiration looms. McConnell also backed off of the idea that Congress would pass a long-term transportation bill and rejected the idea of a gas tax increase or tax reform to fund a roads […]

July 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

Portman, Schumer release bipartisan principles for international tax reform with intent to fund transportation

Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Charles Schumer (D-New York) have released an outline for international tax reform aimed at reducing taxes on U.S. corporation overseas profits with a “transition tax” to help fund transportation projects. “We need comprehensive tax reform because the American people deserve a simpler tax code that will give our economy a […]

July 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

Hey, Congress: Keep it simple when it comes to highway funding

Like many people, I have a long commute to get into work each day. On this journey, I travel back and forth on quite a few Interstate miles containing the telltale indicators of wear and tear – potholes, cracks, patches and the like. Over the course of this driving time I’ve come to know the […]

July 9, 2015