The U.S. Department of Labor announced the availability of up to $400,000 in grant funding through its Brookwood-Sago grant program to support education and training to help identify, avoid and prevent unsafe working conditions in, and around, the nation’s mines.
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TRIP Interstate Highway System Report Details Deficiencies
As the U.S. Interstate Highway System reaches 64 years old, it faces increasing congestion, unprecedented levels of travel – particularly by large trucks – and insufficient funding to make needed repairs and improvements.
Read MoreCanada and Ontario Governments Invest in Rural Infrastructure
The governments of Canada and Ontario recognize the different ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected smaller communities across the province. While moving toward recovery, investments in infrastructure in rural and northern Ontario are vital to successful, sustainable communities and their economies, officials said.
Read MoreMoving Forward Act
July 2, 2020 – With the passage in the House of Representatives of the Moving Forward Act – a $1.5 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure – House Democrats have done something other than just talk about the need to repair our roads and bridges. The plan includes $319 billion for highways and of course only cursory mention of a pay-for or an…
Read MoreHouse Approves $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Bill; Highways Would Get $319 Billion
The House of Representatives approved the Moving Forward Act, a $1.5 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into projects to fix roads and bridges, upgrade transit systems, expand interstate railways and dredge harbors, ports and channels.
Read MorePeckham Applauds Release of New York CHIPS Funding
Peckham Industries applauded recent action taken by New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other officials to release the funding for CHIPS (the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program).
Read MoreTrump Team Reportedly Working on Infrastructure Bill
The Trump administration is preparing a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure proposal as part of its push to spur the world’s largest economy back to life, according to people familiar with the plan.
Read MoreNew House Bill Would Replace FAST Act
June 4, 2020 – The House has released the text of the “Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America” (INVEST in America) Act. The legislation provides $494 billion over five years to make “transformative infrastructure investments in surface and rail transportation.” It would replace the FAST Act. It also: Provides $411 billion over five years out…
Read MoreHouse Releases Text of INVEST in America Act
Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, released the text of the “Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America” (INVEST in America) Act.
Read MoreRural Roads Report Details Ominous Conditions
America’s rural transportation system is in need of repairs and modernization to support economic growth and improve traffic safety in the nation’s Heartland, but the United States faces a $211 billion backlog in funding for needed repairs and improvements to the rural transportation system. This is according to a new report released by TRIP, a national transportation research nonprofit.
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