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More reauthorization money?

Heartening note in a Reuters report that House Republicans, especially House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman John Mica, may be willing and able to work on finding enough funding for a new surface transportation bill to keep it functioning at current levels. You’ll recall that Mica and fellow committee Republicans had presented a proposal that […]

October 3, 2011

Re-extensioning. Again.

So we have another extension of surface transportation authorization. Now SAFETEA-LU, which expired in 2009, effectively runs through March 31. I really tried to find something in this one, as in the previous seven, which indicated progress, some movement or trend towards a new bill. We do have both the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee […]

September 14, 2011

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

Tower to Air Congress: Land that thing!

Okay so the President today calls on Congress to extend the surface transportation authorization before the current extension runs out September 30th. He is supported by nearly all the major stakeholders. Even Republican House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman John Mica who grudgingly said one more extensions (it will be the 8th) would be okay […]

August 31, 2011

Wanna hear something scary?

According to Politico’s Ben Smith there is a little known upcoming event that is probably nothing to worry about. Most of the gas tax is set to expire on September 30. Actually all but 4.3 cents of the 18.4 cents is on the block. No it’s not part of reauthorization (the latest extension of that […]

August 17, 2011

Congress, send me that bill!

I keep wondering if there is a tipping point for our transportation infrastructure, a point where the entire game changes. Somewhat in the way a breached levee in New Orleans changed the work being done to defend the city against Hurricane Katrina. What was being done was superseded by a new, sudden and powerful reality. […]

August 12, 2011

More Here = Less There

This calculation is so simple that even I, who is severely math-challenged, can do it. If the fuel tax remains the same but the amount of fuel used goes down, less money is generated. The White House says: On Tuesday, August 9, the President will travel to Interstate Moving Services in Springfield, Virginia, to announce […]

August 5, 2011

Financial District

A Virginia think tank report may shape our next SAFETEA-LU, and no more ARRA funds for new projects (but payouts still going).

December 1, 2010

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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

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

It’s high time we came up with a highway funding solution

It’s no surprise that the Highway Trust Fund, or HTF, is almost insolvent again. We’ve known the time is coming. Last year, we managed to keep it going with the transfer of about $8 billion from the General Trust Fund. But now we’re in trouble again. We’ve been talking about it and writing about […]

January 6, 2010

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