The Supreme Court ruled on “Waters of the United States” or WOTUS – the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act – with a 5-4 majority rolling back federal safeguards in a long-running dispute between the government and a couple who owns property in Idaho.
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Construction Materials Professionals Participate in ARTBA Leadership Program
Three dozen emerging leaders in the transportation design and construction industry completed an intensive introduction to federal legislative and regulatory issues May 15-17 during the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation’s Industry Leader Development Program (ILDP). The annual event, held in conjunction with ARTBA’s Federal Issues Program and the Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) Fly-In, also featured policy discussions…
Read MoreNearly 25,000 Transportation Projects Started in Year-One of Infrastructure Law
States leveraged their fiscal year 2022 federal highway formula funds to jumpstart nearly 25,000 new improvement projects in communities across America during the first year of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), a review of U.S. Treasury Department data through Aug. 31 shows. “A key takeaway from the Treasury data is that the bipartisan infrastructure law is working in…
Read MoreARTBA: Federal Investments in Infrastructure Law ‘Working as Intended’
Twenty-nine thousand transportation improvement projects are moving forward thanks to year-one Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funding, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President and CEO Dave Bauer told Senators Nov. 30 during testimony before the Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee. “Though each project has a unique story of need and solution, they are all tangible illustrations…
Read MoreBiden, Portman Honored by ARTBA
President Joe Biden and Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) are the 2022 recipients of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) highest honor – the “ARTBA Award.” The announcement was made May 17 in Washington, D.C., during ARTBA’s 2022 Federal Issues Program and Transportation Construction Coalition’s (TCC) Fly-In.
Read MoreNSSGA, ARTBA Appeal to Supreme Court on Clean Water Act
Confusing rules promulgated by federal agencies under the Clean Water Act (CWA) are hurting the transportation construction sector’s ability to deliver infrastructure improvements that benefit all Americans, according to an amicus brief filed April 13 with the U.S. Supreme Court by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA). In the brief,…
Read MoreNSSGA, ARTBA Appeal to Supreme Court on Clean Water Act
Confusing rules promulgated by federal agencies under the Clean Water Act (CWA) are hurting the transportation construction sector’s ability to deliver infrastructure improvements that benefit all Americans, according to an amicus brief filed April 13 with the U.S. Supreme Court by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA).
Read MoreAnalysis: Gas Tax Adjustments Have Limited Impacts on Fuel Prices
Do gas tax holidays automatically result in significantly lower prices and big savings for motorists at the pump? The short answer is “no,” according to new research from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The association examined 177 changes in state gasoline tax rates in 34 states between 2013 and 2021 and found that on average, just 18%…
Read MoreARTBA Says NWPR Could Jeopardize Infrastructure Goals
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) declared that the Biden administration’s withdrawal of the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR) jeopardizes its own infrastructure goals by increasing delays to important transportation projects.
Read MoreHistoric Moment: Infrastructure Bill Signed into Law
President Joe Biden signed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) into law at a “boisterous ceremony at the White House,” according to The Hill, sealing a major accomplishment of his first term after weeks of tense negotiations in the House of Representatives.
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