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Toll roads, P3s and creative financing will bring short-term gain, long-term disaster for the road building industry
For the last half-century gas and diesel taxes collected at the pump have been the primary source of funding for almost all our highway infrastructure. But Congress hasnât  increased the gas tax or adjusted it for inflation since 1992. Anti-tax advocates claim this as a victory, but itâs not. With the highway trust fund running [âŠ]
August 1, 2014
Roadbuilding
Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper vetoes bill for transparency in P3 projects
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have increased transparency in public-private partnership (P3) projects, Denverâs KDVR reports. The legislation, Senate Bill 197, arose from public concerns over a project that the state and Plenary Roads, the company investing $20 million and managing tolls for the project, finalized during the latest [âŠ]
June 5, 2014
Roadbuilding
NACo report finds county transportation project funding âincreasingly inadequateâ
A report released Monday by the National Association of Counties (NACo) finds that âfederal and state funding for county transportation projects is increasingly inadequate.â The report, âThe Road Ahead: County Transportation Funding and Financing,â which focuses on county-owned roads and bridges, notes that counties build and maintain 45 percent of public roads and 230,690 bridges [âŠ]
February 25, 2014
Roadbuilding
Nevada Board of Transportation approves $100 million in bonds for I-15 expansion project
A project that will widen Interstate 15 in Las Vegas is one step closer to becoming a reality. The Nevada Board of Transportation on Monday approved the sale of $100 million in revenue bonds to buy right-of-way for the $1 billion project, the Las Vegas Sun reports. The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) will partner [âŠ]
January 14, 2014
Roadbuilding
P3s win in Virginia Supreme Court case
The decision by the Virginia Supreme Court to uphold the stateâs public-private partnership (P3s) in the case of Elizabeth River Crossings OPCO, LLC and Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) v. Danny Meeks should be applauded. The state Supreme Court decision overruled a lower courtâs decision to strike down Virginiaâs Public Private Transportation Act. The American [âŠ]
November 4, 2013
Roadbuilding
Senate Commerce Committee to meet Tuesday about private transportation funding
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will meet Tuesday to discuss potential private sector sources of transportation infrastructure funding, according to a report from The Hill. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) said Tuesday that lawmakers need to make a bipartisan effort to put in place transportation funding. âCongress has shown neither [âŠ]
September 24, 2013
Roadbuilding
Mexico Paving a Road to Nowhere
As the saying goes, âThose who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.â And repeat it they will if Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto follows through with his $100 billion infrastructure program. A first-class highway expansion is currently under construction through TepoztlĂĄn, which could mean great things for Mexicoâs commerce â if it [âŠ]
August 13, 2013
Roadbuilding
VDOT considers 10 public-private partnership projects
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is considering 10 transportation projects as candidates for public-private partnerships. Governor Bob McDonnell yesterday released the stateâs Public-Private Partnershipsâ (âOTP3â) Draft 2013 Virginia PPTA Pipeline, which contains the P3 candidate projects as well as 10 conceptual projects. The P3 candidate projects are ready to be moved through the screening [âŠ]
July 2, 2013
Roadbuilding
RoadWorks
Americans think their transportation systems are fair or poor, states need more freedom to use P3s, trade shows hit records and more industry news items are featured.
February 18, 2012
Roadbuilding
RoadWorks
Americans think their transportation systems are fair or poor, states need more freedom to use P3s, trade shows hit records and more industry news items are featured.
February 18, 2012
Roadbuilding
RoadWorks
The steepest decline in state tax receipts on record, the fund raising crisis in the nationâs transportation sector and other industry news items are featured.
January 1, 2011
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2010 ARTBA P3 in Transportation Conference announces full program
For 21 years, the American Road and Transportation Builders Association has held the premier conference on P3s. This yearâs conference (full program below) will feature two educational tracks over two days that will explore the role that P3s play in our nationâs transportation infrastructure development and the world. For more information, visit www.artbap3.org or [âŠ]
June 9, 2010
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