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Roadbuilding
As Highway Trust Fund insolvency looms, state DOTs stretch dollars through project prioritization
The current surface transportation bill, MAP-21, is set to expire in less than six months, and the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) — the primary source of funding for state and local surface transportation projects — could run out of money a full two months prior to the bill’s expiration. As the HTF dwindles, the U.S. […]
April 7, 2014
Roadbuilding
Dwindling Highway Trust Fund causes delayed state reimbursements
The depleting Highway Trust Fund (HTF) may cause the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)  to delay reimbursements to state agencies this year. Bloomberg reports that the U.S. DOT may have to slow the payments to avoid draining the HTF. Peter Rogoff, the DOT’s acting undersecretary for policy, said at an American Trucking Association (ATA) meeting […]
January 28, 2014
Roadbuilding
Texas Two-Step: D.C. reauthorization first, then Austin
As we begin to close in on the fall 2014 date for the reauthorization of federal surface transportation legislation in Washington, keep in mind that states have to do their own transportation legislation. And like D.C. politicians, Austin politicians face the continuing dilemma of not having enough money coming down the pike. Take Texas for […]
July 30, 2013
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