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Roadbuilding

Shuster talks transportation funding, earmarks at TCC Fly-in

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) believes September 2014 reauthorization has much the same bipartisan support that surfaced for Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), and a bill could be ready for the President to sign when MAP-21 expires. Funding, he said, is of course the key issue. Reforms […]

June 5, 2013

Roadbuilding

Obama’s budget leaves out funding for transportation projects, Shuster says

On Wednesday, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Representative Bill Shuster said President Obama did not include a way to pay for the transportation projects in his proposed budget, The Hill reported. The proposed budget calls for $50 billion in infrastructure spending, including $40 billion for a “Fix It First” program, as well as $77 million […]

April 11, 2013

Business

Congressional transportation funding talks at a stalemate

With the expiration of of the MAP-21 transportation bill coming in September of next year, congressional talks about how to increase transportation funding are at a stalemate, reports our sister publication Better Roads. Since its passing last summer, MAP-21 has been seen as only a temporary fix for the problem of transportation funding. Renewed focus […]

March 26, 2013

Roadbuilding

Transportation funding talks remain stagnant

The debate over transportation funding continues as MAP-21’s expiration date—September 2014—inches closer and closer. Congressional discussions about how to increase funding are seemingly going nowhere, Politico reported. While transportation funding, particularly the Highway Trust Fund, continues to decrease, ideas about an increase in the gas tax (which has remained stagnant since its 18.4-cent-per-gallon raise in […]

March 25, 2013

Roadbuilding

RoadWorks

Self-curing concrete from Canada and long-lived bridge decks, learn how innovation is done, the inaugural TransOvation Workshop and Exhibition (September 6-9, Lansdowne Conference Center, in Leesburg, Virginia, and the congestion conundrum are among the issues featured.

July 7, 2011