The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) reacted to the Obama Administration’s budget for FY 2015, released March 4, which recommends investing $90.9 billion in transportation improvements, a proposed increase of $18.6 billion over the amount enacted for FY 2014, or a 25.7 percent increase.
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The Past is Prologue
It’s A Little Like The First Day Of Baseball Season When Every Team Is Undefeated And Hope Springs Eternal. By Mark Savit The holidays are over. It looks like deals will be done so that we won’t have another government shutdown this year. Congress appears poised to compromise on a budget that might actually bring us some good news…
Read MoreRuane Touts Highway Trust Fund Needs
Fixing the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) without generating any new revenue would require the equivalent of Congress passing and the president signing a 2013-level Murray-Ryan budget deal every year just to maintain current highway and transit program investment levels, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President Pete Ruane Feb. 12 told a Senate panel.
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