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House Appropriations panel approves THUD bill; DOT Chief Foxx reiterates repercussions of Highway Trust Fund insolvency

A panel in House Appropriations Committee approved the committee’s transportation and housing bill on Wednesday, while Transportation Secretary Foxx discussed problems the U.S. will face if a new highway bill is not passed. The transportation and housing bill, which makes appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) through September 2015, […]

May 8, 2014

Roadbuilding

Senate Commerce Committee to review GROW AMERICA Act; EPW Committee to unveil its portion of highway bill next week

The new highway bill is heating up as the Senate Commerce Committee prepares to review the GROW AMERICA Act and the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee plans to unveil its portion of the bill next week. The Commerce Committee is slated to review the GROW AMERICA Act on May 7 in a hearing […]

May 1, 2014

Business

DOT Chief Foxx sends long-term highway bill to Congress

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced on Tuesday that Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx sent a long-term highway bill to Congress. The bill, dubbed the GROW AMERICA Act, is based on President Barack Obama’s 4-year, $302 billion transportation reauthorization proposal. Foxx said the bill aims to create jobs while offering a solution to fix the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) before it runs out of money this […]

April 30, 2014

Roadbuilding

DOT Chief Foxx sends highway bill to Congress; bill reflects President Obama’s 4-year, $302 billion reauthorization proposal

The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) announced on Tuesday that Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is sending a long-term transportation bill to Congress. Related: Foxx: Insolvent transportation system could cost 700k jobs The bill, dubbed the GROW AMERICA Act, is based on President Barack Obama’s 4-year, $302 billion transportation reauthorization proposal. Foxx said last week […]

April 29, 2014

Roadbuilding

Obama to present Congress with proposed transportation reauthorization bill

President Barack Obama is preparing to present his proposed $302 billion, four-year transportation reauthorization bill to Congress. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced on the DOT’s Fast Lane blog that the president plans to send a draft of the legislation to lawmakers, though no specific timetable has been presented. “Soon, the Obama Administration will do exactly […]

April 23, 2014

Roadbuilding

DOT Chief Foxx reiterates urgency to fix Highway Trust Fund during Alabama visit

Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx says a short-term solution won’t do this go-around for transportation funding, and he’s on the road this week pushing the Obama administration’s four-year $302 billion plan and making localities and citizens aware of the Highway Trust Fund’s (HTF) nosedive. Foxx spoke in Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday in the eighth stop of […]

April 17, 2014

Roadbuilding

Foxx highlights job creation during trips to Kentucky, Tennessee

After his visits to Kentucky and Tennessee on Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx reiterated one word: jobs. He visited Louisville, Kentucky and Nashville, Tennessee for the second day of his “Invest in America, Commit to the Future” bus tour. His first stop in Louisville was the Ohio River Bridges project, which is set for completion […]

April 16, 2014

Roadbuilding

Foxx talks economy, modernization, innovation during Ohio visit

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx visited three cities in Ohio on Monday for the first stop on his “Invest in America, Commit to the Future” bus tour. Foxx will visit various cities in the U.S. throughout the five-day tour, which aims to promote infrastructure investment. His first three stops were in Pickaway County, Dayton and Norwood, […]

April 15, 2014

Roadbuilding

Foxx: Insolvent transportation system could cost 700k jobs

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Thursday that if lawmakers don’t fix the nation’s transportation system that is “teetering on the edge of insolvency,” 700,000 people could lose their jobs, The Christian Post reports. Foxx’s warning came during the national convention of Al Sharpton’s National Action Network in New York City, just days before his infrastructure investment […]

April 14, 2014

Roadbuilding

DOT Chief Foxx promotes infrastructure investment with bus tour

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is getting ready to tour portions of the U.S. with the goal of promoting infrastructure investment. Titled “Invest in America, Commit to the Future,” the bus tour will start in Ohio on Monday and end in Texas on Friday, with many stops along the way. In a blog posted on Thursday, […]

April 11, 2014

Roadbuilding

WSDOT, U.S. DOT respond to landslide covering Washington State Route 530

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is taking action to keep drivers safe after a landslide overtook State Route 530 near the town of Oso on Saturday. The state Department of Natural Resources estimates the slide to be 1500 feet long, 4,400 feet wide and more than 600 feet high, with debris about 30-40 […]

March 25, 2014

Business

DOT says Highway Trust Fund could face shortfall by late July

The U.S. Department of Transportation has updated its Highway Trust Fund Ticker to show that the fund could shortfall as early as the end of July. The DOT notes that the HTF “will encounter a shortfall before the end of fiscal year (FY) 2014,” adding that “the surface transportation program continues to outlay at a […]

March 18, 2014