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Transportation secretary to promote Obama proposal on four-day tour
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is embarking on a four-day bus tour starting Feb. 17 to highlight the importance of investing in America’s infrastructure, as well as to encourage Congress to act on a long-term transportation infrastructure bill. According to the… Keep Reading
DOT releases infrastructure analysis
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx with Google Chairman Eric Schmidt unveiled “Beyond Traffic,” a forward-looking infrastructure analysis from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). The analysis is “offered to the public as a draft to ignite a national conversation about the… Keep Reading
Transportation secretary calls for long-term bill in committee hearing
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx met with the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Jan. 28, calling once again for a multi-year highway bill. According to The Hill, Foxx said short-term extensions are eroding states’ ability to commit to road… Keep Reading
Senate EPW urges for agreement on long-term highway bill
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee began its transportation reauthorization efforts Jan. 28 with a hearing featuring Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and the governors of Alabama and Vermont, as well as the South Dakota Secretary of Transportation. Members at… Keep Reading
Secretary Foxx and 11 others advocate long-term transportation investment
As Congress debates legislation in an effort to avoid the shortfall of the Highway Trust Fund, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and 11 former DOT secretaries expressed their opinions in an open letter to Congress. In the letter, Foxx and the… Keep Reading
Hundreds turn out for industry lobbying event
Thirty-one national associations and more than 400 people from the aggregates, construction and transportation industries descended on Washington, D.C., last week as part of the 2014 Transportation Construction Coalition Fly-In. The group of producers, contractors, manufacturers and association representatives lobbied… Keep Reading
NSSGA offers support for the Grow America Act
NSSGA has offered its support of the Grow America Act, a $302 billion, four-year surface transportation reauthorization bill U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx unveiled April 29. “We welcome the administration’s involvement in the reauthorization debate through introduction… Keep Reading
Foxx completes tour promoting need for highway funding solution
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx wrapped up a multi-state bus tour last week, making several stops to see what's taking place – or, in some cases, not taking place – on the frontlines of U.S. infrastructure development. One place Foxx visited is… Keep Reading
Transportation secretary embarks on tour to drum up highway bill support
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx kicked off a weeklong bus tour April 14 that will take him through eight Midwestern and Southern states, NSSGA reports. Foxx is delivering a message along the way that America’s infrastructure is in desperate need… Keep Reading
