highway funding
Six-year highway bill drafted in House
The House of Representatives introduced a six-year, $325 billion highway bill. According to The Hill, the bill would spend $261 billion on highways, $55 billion on transit and about $9 billion on safety programs – but only if Congress can… Keep Reading
House committee to host hearing on transportation funding
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee plans to host a markup hearing on a long-term transportation bill Oct. 22. The hearing will take place one week before the scheduled Oct. 29 expiration date of the current law that authorizes the federal… Keep Reading
Why passage of a long-term highway bill is unlikely this year
There goes the industry's chance this year for a long-term highway bill. That was my reaction upon reading earlier this month that the U.S. Department of Transportation updated its Highway Trust Fund ticker and reported that the federal government is… Keep Reading
Highway funds expected to last into next summer
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) updated its Highway Trust Fund ticker to report that the federal government is unlikely to run out of money for infrastructure projects until June 2016. Congress passed an $8 billion Highway Trust Fund extension… Keep Reading
States, localities taking the initiative
Some states are not waiting around for Congress to get its act together in regards to highway funding. According to a report by the Associated Press (AP), about half of U.S. states have approved measures in the past two years… Keep Reading
Long-term, short-term highway funding feud
The Senate approved a long-term highway-funding bill. The House of Representatives approved a short-term highway-funding bill. And at the end of July, the House cornered the Senate into approving a three-month extension, leaving the long-term funding issue unresolved. The lack… Keep Reading
Obama criticizes Congress for lack of long-term highway bill
President Obama extended highway funding until late October after signing a three-month patch Congress provided him. But Obama, who proposed his own six-year highway bill earlier this year, expressed his displeasure to reporters in the Oval Office upon signing the… Keep Reading
Congress passes 3-month highway-funding extension
Congress has passed another short-term highway-funding patch and set the table for a long-term bill to be negotiated this fall – after nearly six years without one. Today, the Senate approved an $8 billion extension of federal transportation funding, passed… Keep Reading
Chaos reigns on Capitol Hill
Talk is cheap. And boy do members of the House and Senate like to talk. Especially when it comes to passage of a multi-year highway bill, which aggregate producers and their advocates continuously say would provide them with additional business… Keep Reading
