National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) member Dwayne Boyd, president of the Midsouth Region, CRH Americas, served as a witness during the “Reviewing the Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act” hearing, which was held by the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Highways and Transit Subcommittee. Boyd started out by thanking the Committee for their work in passing IIJA and…
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Feds Fund Transportation, Add Flexibility
Jan. 5, 2023 – The California Construction and Industrial Minerals Association (CalCIMA) reports that with the President’s signature on the recently passed Omnibus Spending bill, it ensures that funds for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will go to state and local governments this year. In addition, the legislation adds an amendment from Sens. Alex…
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Announcing the New Rock Products/Allen-Villere Partners Construction Materials Report and AVP Pulse Index. By Pierre G. Villere This month marks the launch of The Pulse and the AVP Pulse Index, a joint effort between mergers and acquisition advisors Allen-Villere Partners, and Rock Products, the aggregates industry’s leading source for market analysis and technology solutions. The Pulse will appear quarterly in…
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 MoreNSSGA Member Discusses Effective IIJA Implementation at EPW Hearing
Vice President of Land and Quarry Operations at Granite Construction Co. and National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) member Gary W. Johnson testified in front of the U.S. Senate Committee of Environment and Public Works. He highlighted the industry’s key issues, such as: infrastructure implementation challenges; permitting reform; Buy Clean initiatives; and the current situation with rail service.
Read MoreWhat Infrastructure Bill?
July 22, 2022 – It seems our industry needs to do a much better job of communicating the benefits we bring to society. A new Impact Research poll finds that less than one-quarter of voters are aware that the infrastructure bill passed Congress and was signed into law. An astonishing 76% think the bill never passed Congress or don’t know whether it…
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 MoreBipartisan Infrastructure Law Provides Massive New Tribal Funding
The White House released a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Tribal Playbook to help Tribal governments unlock the benefits from the historic investments in our nation’s infrastructure, including the more than $13 billion set aside in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Indian Country.
Read MoreU.S. Chamber Welcomes New Federal Focus on Permitting Process
The Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, is making a once-in-a-generation investment in America’s infrastructure and competitiveness that will create good-paying union jobs, grow our economy, invest in communities, combat climate change, and help lower costs for families, according to a release from the White House.
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