U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), along with Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), introduced legislation to reconnect and revitalize areas that were harmed by the construction of the Interstate Highway System.
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Texas DOT Targets Truck-Heavy Texas Intersection
One of the Permian basin’s most dangerous intersections will be a lot less risky in two years, when the Texas Department of Transportation inaugurates an overpass on the west side of town at State Highways 302 and 115, according to OA Online.
Read MoreCybercrime Risks
Combined With Increased Vulnerabilities Is The Fact That Cybercriminals Understand That Construction Is A High-Cash-Flow Business. By Erik Dullea
Read MoreRuckit Announces New Integration with Infotech
Ruckit Inc., an industry innovator for tracking material transportation, and Infotech, a leader in infrastructure construction software solutions, announced a new integration with Infotech’s Doc Express service.
Read MoreHouse Panel Cuts Funding for Department of Transportation
A House panel approved legislation that would cut funding for the Department of Transportation (DOT) by more than half a billion dollars, according to The Hill. The House Appropriations subcommittee on transportation, housing and urban development advanced a spending bill by voice vote to provide $17.8 billion in discretionary funding for the DOT in the fiscal year 2018.
Read MoreTrump Talks Transportation Permitting, Regulations, Bureaucracy
President Donald Trump visited U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters June 9 to talk about cutting project permitting times before an audience that included a number of chief executives of state DOTs.
Read MoreInside Info on Chao
Dec. 21, 2016 – According to Politico, if the Senate confirms her as transportation secretary, Elaine Chao will focus on ensuring that the DOT effectively enforces safety regulations, streamlining the processes for infrastructure projects and fairly treating both rural and urban areas of the country. Chao outlined the issues she wants to tackle as the head of the DOT for a…
Read MoreTrump Taps Chao for Transportation Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to head the Transportation Department. Chao is a former U.S. deputy transportation secretary who currently sits on the board of Vulcan Materials Co. Chao, the wife of Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, served as labor secretary under President George W. Bush and was the first Asian-American woman to hold a…
Read MoreCongress Poised to Stiff State DOTs
Members of Congress are likely to go home and campaign for reelection without giving state Departments of Transportation the stability and ability to plan for infrastructure investments that were promised in the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, according to the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA).
Read MoreSymposium Features Frank Infrastructure Perspectives
Agency, academic and private-sector officials assessed long-range infrastructure planning against demographic changes, technology developments and funding mechanisms during a Northwestern University Transportation Center-hosted symposium, staged to release the Association of Equipment Manufacturers-commissioned “Mobility 2050” study.
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