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Multiyear highway bill emerges
The Senate introduced a six-year, $275 billion bill to fund the federal government's highway program. The bill, called the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act, appropriates nearly $43 billion per year for transportation spending, The… Keep Reading
Highway funding: Gaining momentum
Legislators are actively formulating plans to shore up the Highway Trust Fund. The aggregates industry has been asking for another multi-year transportation infrastructure bill for years, and talk of one has heated up in recent months in Washington. Here’s a… 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
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
Proposed transportation bill will maintain spending
A bipartisan, six-year surface transportation bill proposed by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee would maintain spending on federal-aid highways at current levels plus inflation, NSSGA says. The $252 billion bill, known as the MAP-21 Reauthorization Act, would authorize… Keep Reading
