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Tag: Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx
Roadbuilding
USDOT launches local hiring pilot program
The U.S. Department of Transportation is introducing a one-year pilot program through the Federal Highway Administration that allows local hiring provisions as part of contracting requirements. The program, called Local Hire, is a result of a clarification by the Department of Justice of FHWAâs bidding statute that will allow such a provision as long as [âŚ]
March 4, 2015
Roadbuilding
Foxx: Insolvent transportation system could cost 700k jobs
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Thursday that if lawmakers donât fix the nationâs transportation system that is âteetering on the edge of insolvency,â 700,000 people could lose their jobs, The Christian Post reports. Foxxâs warning came during the national convention of Al Sharptonâs National Action Network in New York City, just days before his infrastructure investment [âŚ]
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 âInvest in America, Commit to the Future,â 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, [âŚ]
April 11, 2014
Roadbuilding
DOT Chief Foxx discusses plan to battle âinfrastructure deficitâ
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Wednesday shared the DOTâs plan for battling the âinfrastructure deficitâ at the Transportation Research Boardâs (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., our sister site Commercial Carrier Journal reports. At the meeting, Foxx noted that recent transportation funding solutions have been âshort-term.â âItâs been ten years since we had a six-year [âŚ]
January 16, 2014
Roadbuilding
The Washed-Away Roads of Boulder
The floods that began on September 11 and have continued to ravage Colorado are responsible for more than 1,000 deaths, according to a USA Today report. The storms have destroyed about 1,500 homes and have damaged nearly 17,500, according to an initial estimate released by the Colorado Office of Emergency Management. Roads are washed out, [âŚ]
September 16, 2013
Roadbuilding
USDOT awards 37 states with $474 million in TIGER grants
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded 37 states with a total of $474 million in Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants. In his announcement on USDOTâs Fast Lane blog, Foxx said USDOT received 585 applications for TIGER grants this year alone. âWhat does this tell [âŚ]
September 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
Crews complete Oregonâs Whilamut Passage Bridge four months early
[Correction: This article originally reported that the new bridges would âdouble highway capacity by accommodating three lanes of traffic with shoulders on each bridge.â However, the bridges will actually carry two lanes of traffic in each directionâthe same as the old bridges. The incorrect statement has been removed.] Crews completed construction last week of the [âŚ]
July 29, 2013
Roadbuilding
Transportation Infrastructure Funding: Efficiency is necessary but not sufficient
Itâs a case of on the one hand/on the other hand. New Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx is saying that his department is âworking to improve the efficiency and performance of our existing transportation systemâ and is âdoing so in an era when we must work harder than ever to stretch our transportation dollar.â He [âŚ]
July 26, 2013
Roadbuilding
The Mayor and the Secretary: Foxx watching
While Anthony Foxx has yet to light up the headlines, he has started work at a tough job with what appears to be a lukewarm and not-too-long honeymoon period. So we wait to see just what kind of Secretary of Transportation he will be. His background has been assessed and analysts have become predictors, but [âŚ]
July 25, 2013
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