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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
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
Roadbuilding
House transportation committee schedules transportation bill markup
At least one committee in the U.S. House of Representatives has signaled it’s ready to make a move on a transportation bill by putting a markup on the schedule for next week. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania) announced in a press release that the committee has scheduled a markup of surface transportation […]
October 15, 2015
Roadbuilding
AAA poll finds 70% of Americans want Congress to spend more on roads
Nearly three-fourths of Americans are ready for Congress to finally increase the amount of money that gets spent on roads and bridges, according to a new poll from AAA. The poll found 70 percent of Americans are in favor of the federal government spending more on the country’s infrastructure. Moreover, only 38 percent think Congress is doing enough to make sure roads, […]
October 14, 2015
Roadbuilding
Virginia DOT gets $55.5 million in extra federal funds for road work
The Federal Highway Administration recently reallocated $55.5 million in federal funds to Virginia that will go toward repaving 400 miles of roadways and improving 17 Interstate bridges across the state. The money was initially allocated to other states, but the FHWA reviews funding each fall to see which states will be able to put the federal funding to […]
October 8, 2015
Roadbuilding
House Majority leader pledges to pass a long-term highway bill
The favorite to replace John Boehner (R-Ohio) as the Speaker of the House has gone on record vowing to pass a six-year highway bill before the October 31 deadline. The Hill reported that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that if he were elected to the Speaker position once Boehner […]
October 1, 2015
Roadbuilding
Florida DOT wins grand prize at America’s Transportation Awards National Competition
The Florida Department of Transportation took home top honors at the 2015 America’s Transportation Awards on Sunday. FDOT beat out the competition of 48 transportation projects from 24 states and won the Grand Prize for the state’s $670 million Port of Miami Tunnel Project,  according to American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. But the […]
September 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
Caterpillar CEO says Congress’ inaction on long-term highway bill threatens nation’s future
The chairman and CEO of Caterpillar Inc. is again speaking out in favor of a long-term highway bill. Doug Oberhelman wrote a column for CNBC published September 17 calling Congress to work to pass a long-term transportation bill as the deadline for the October 29 expiration of the Highway Trust Fund looms closer. He wrote a similar […]
September 24, 2015
Roadbuilding
APWA joins 82 organizations calling on House to pass long-term highway bill
The American Public Works Association is ready for the House of Representatives to pass a long-term transportation bill, and the organization isn’t alone. The APWA announced in a press release it has joined with another 82 organizations from different sectors of the U.S. economy to urge lawmakers to finally act on transportation after 34 short-term patches. […]
September 17, 2015
Roadbuilding
Congress back in session as Highway Trust Fund deadline looms
Congress was back in session this week after the August recess, and the clock is ticking for lawmakers to act on road funding before the Highway Trust Fund expires at the end of October. The U.S. Department of Transportation said in late August that the Highway Trust Fund would remain solvent through the third quarter […]
September 11, 2015
Roadbuilding
Arkansas highway department to reinstate projects withdrawn from bid openings
The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) is reinstating 27 projects into its October bid opening that had been previously withdrawn from the state’s 2015 bid openings schedule due to the uncertainty of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). AHTD made this decision as a direct result of the short term funding patch passed by Congress […]
September 7, 2015
Roadbuilding
Ten state DOT projects named America’s Transportation Awards finalists
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), along with AAA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have selected the top 10 project finalists from this year’s regional winners of the America’s Transportation Awards (ATA). Each year four regional competitions are held and the 10 winners with the highest overall scores are selected […]
August 26, 2015
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