highway funding
Dick Cheney criticizes spending on road building
Dick Cheney, former vice president, criticized President Barack Obama’s spending policies, saying that Obama needs to spend more on the military and less on domestic priorities. During an event sponsored by Politico, Cheney claimed that Obama’s main responsibility is to… Keep Reading
Congress takes action to finance Highway Trust Fund through May
The House and Senate took steps to replenish the Highway Trust Fund before it runs out of money. According to NSSGA, bills from both the House and Senate will transfer about $10.8 billion to the Highway Trust Fund immediately upon… Keep Reading
Case takes tour to Texas to promote infrastructure investment need
Case Construction Equipment partnered with the Texas Good Roads and Transportation Association and ASCO Equipment to bring its Dire States initiative to Texas in support of Proposition 1, the Texas Transportation Funding Amendment. The amendment, which would direct an estimated… Keep Reading
Serious reauthorization talks spiral into likely short-term extension
ISTEA. TEA-21. SAFETEA-LU. MAP-21. Now what? Uncertainty has surrounded the reauthorization of surface transportation funding before. But given the downward trend over the last 20 years in the length of reauthorization bills, plus considering the diminishing number of federal dollars… Keep Reading
Short-term surface transportation reauthorization bill proposed
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) proposed a three-month plan June 24 as an immediate solution to continue highway funding through the end of the year. According to The Hill, Wyden said only $9 billion can be reallocated from various areas of… Keep Reading
House Speaker floats idea of nine-month transportation bill
The U.S. House of Representatives is unlikely to approve a multi-year transportation bill, Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), Speaker of the House, said in a press conference. According to The Hill, Boehner said a transportation bill that last "some number of… Keep Reading
New data on U.S. bridge repair needs emerges
An analysis of the 2013 National Bridge Inventory database that the U.S. Department of Transportation released shows cars, trucks and school buses cross more than 63,000 structurally compromised bridges across the country 250 million times every day. The most heavily traveled… Keep Reading
Illinois organization sets goals for state’s infrastructure fixes
The Transportation for Illinois Coalition (TFIC) is pushing for state legislators to provide about $1.8 billion per year in investments for the state of Illinois' infrastructure and to fix roads, bridges, rail systems and airports. According to TFIC, the $1.8… Keep Reading
Non-profit group backs BRIDGE Act as infrastructure solution
The Association for the Improvement of American Infrastructure's (AIAI) board of directors cast its support for the Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment (BRIDGE) Act. The BRIDGE Act is legislation Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) recently proposed.… Keep Reading
