Variable-rate taxes on motor fuels, registration fees for electric vehicles and road usage charges are among several options North Carolina officials should consider in raising new revenue to fund the state’s growing transportation infrastructure needs, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC).
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White House Meeting on Infrastructure Implodes
On Monday, May 20, expectations were sky high with the realization that President Trump, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer were planning a second meeting, ostensibly to discuss funding a previously agreed-upon $2 trillion infrastructure bill.
Read MorePanel Outlines Major Infrastructure Priorities for 2019
A panel discussion May 14 held in Washington, D.C., during a legislative summit sponsored by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) focused on the major infrastructure issues facing the United States, especially in terms of generating more funding for transportation projects, reported the AASHTO Journal.
Read MoreTrump, Democrats Want $2 Trillion for Infrastructure
According to news reports, Democratic congressional leaders announced April 30 after a meeting with President Donald Trump that an agreement had been reached on the price tag for a potential infrastructure plan: $2 trillion.
Read MoreBridges in Poor Condition; Pace of Repair Slows to Crawl
The length of America’s structurally deficient bridges if placed end-to-end would span nearly 1,100 miles, the distance between Chicago and Houston, a new examination of federal government data shows. And it’s a problem that hits close to home.
Read MoreWOTUS Woes
March 7, 2019 – We keep inching close to solving the industry’s WOTUS woes. Man-made, roadside ditches provide critical surface drainage that protects the traveling public and should be exempt from federal wetland regulations, American Road & Transportation Builder Association (ARTBA) Vice Chairman David Harwood told a Feb. 27 government hearing. That’s a key reason the association is supporting the Trump administration’s…
Read MoreTransportation Topics
March 4, 2019 – What we have here, is a failure to communicate. That is the view of several key transportation association executives, expressed during a recent roundtable session at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ 2019 Washington Briefing. “It’s easy to talk about it, but hard to start advancing bills,” said Dave Bauer, president and CEO of…
Read MorePoll Shows Strong Bipartisan Support for Broad Infrastructure Initiative
While a new national poll shows only 43 percent of likely voters support using federal dollars to build “a wall or physical barrier along parts of our southern border to make it harder for people to enter our country illegally,” almost 90 percent believe “the Democratic leadership and President Trump should work together during 2019 to pass legislation that would…
Read MoreTransportation Construction Forecast
The U.S. transportation infrastructure market is expected to grow 4.2 percent in 2019, according to the annual economic forecast released Dec. 5, 2018, by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA).
Read MoreARTBA: Transportation Market to Grow 4.2 Percent
The U.S. transportation infrastructure market is expected to grow 4.2 percent in 2019, according to the annual economic forecast released Dec. 5 by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA).
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