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Construction groups seek more transportation funding as shutdown looms
Construction groups are calling on a divided Congress to boost funding for roads, bridges and transit to offset state revenue drops due to the pandemic.
December 9, 2020
Roadbuilding
Ad campaign aims to keep pressure on Congress, Trump administration to act on HTF, transportation infrastructure package
The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) and U.S. Chamber of Commerce-led Americans for Transportation Mobility (ATM) coalition transportation construction industry and business community have joined together to launch an ad campaign to keep pressure on Congress and the Trump administration for action on a permanent Highway Trust Fund (HTF) fix and a new transportation infrastructure package [âŚ]
July 5, 2019
Roadbuilding
Transportation Construction Coalition evokes Reagan in ads calling for Congress to fix Highway Trust Fund
Members of the Transportation Construction Commission (TCC) continue their promotional efforts to urge Congress to fix the Highway Trust Fund with their latest ad campaign evoking President Ronald Reaganâs philosophy on transportation infrastructure. The group, co-chaired by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association and the Associated General Contractors of America, is running a series [âŚ]
June 19, 2015
Roadbuilding
#FixTheTrustFund campaign aims to flood social media with infographics supporting a long-term highway bill
The Transportation Construction Coalition this week launched a 12-day social media infographic campaign to âpress Congress to find a permanent fix for the federal Highway Trust Fund (HTF)â before funding runs out at the end of May this year. Members of the coalition began posting infographics on their respective social media networks on March 16 that [âŚ]
March 20, 2015
Roadbuilding
TCC applauds bipartisan congressional letter supporting long-term transportation bill, Highway Trust Fund
Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) leadership called a recent bipartisan letter from nearly 300 House of Representatives members calling for action on funding transportation improvements a âbroad consensusâ that a long-term highway and transit bill is a âtop priorityâ and that there is âoverwhelming bipartisan support for legislative action.â The letter, sent Feb. 11 to House Speaker John Boehner and Minority [âŚ]
February 24, 2015
Roadbuilding
Dear Congress: Letâs avoid another HTF crisis
The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) is urging Congress to pass a new long-term surface transportation measure as soon as possible. TCC says failing to do so will lead to another self-imposed funding crisis would undermine vital road, highway and transit repairs. âWe worked hard to build broad consensus within a deeply-divided Congress for investing in [âŚ]
October 6, 2014
Roadbuilding
Transportation advocates push for highway funding this week
Transportation advocates are flying to Washington, D.C. from all over the country to meet with lawmakers and discuss highway funding at the Transportation Construction Coalitionâs (TCC) 2014 Legislative Fly-In on Tuesday and Wednesday. This yearâs theme, âThe Time is Now: Fix the Highway Trust Fund,â urges legislators to find a solution before the Highway Trust Fund [âŚ]
June 9, 2014
Roadbuilding
How to earn $500 to attend the TCC Fly-In
The current surface transportation bill, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) expires on September 30, and the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) is almost bankrupt. To help garner support for ensuring the HTF does not become insolvent, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) is offering a $500 travel incentive to attend the upcoming [âŚ]
May 14, 2014
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TCCâs âHardhats for Highwaysâ campaign urges Congress to fix Highway Trust Fund
A group of associations and labor unions is working to alert Congress to the looming insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) â the main source of highway infrastructure funding, which could run out as early as August. The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) â an alliance of 29 associations and labor unions focused on federal [âŚ]
March 13, 2014
Business
A pros-and-cons overview of available options for funding transportation infrastructure
The partial collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River near Seattle has put a big and bright spotlight on the need for more funding for transportation and infrastructure needs in this country. Now attention turns to the lawmakers tasked with figuring it out. During a meeting in Washington, D.C. of the Transportation [âŚ]
June 10, 2013
Roadbuilding
The pros and cons of transportation funding options
Following transportation funding discussions at this weekâs Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) Fly-In in Washington, D.C., Politico has reported the pros and cons of the four most popular money-raising options. Lawmakers at the Fly-In discussed four main options for funding infrastructure projects: implement a higher gas tax, enforce a vehicle-miles-traveled fee, expand oil and gas drilling [âŚ]
June 6, 2013
Roadbuilding
Funding talks on The Hill lay groundwork for reauthorization
Debriefing a number of contractors and agency folk who spent most of the daylight hours yesterday talking to politicians on The Hill last night was not a very uplifting experience. They had gone to talk to members of Congress who are influentialâsome big-time, some not soâin funding transportation infrastructure. And most said they heard what [âŚ]
June 6, 2013
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