May 10, 2019 – National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) Chairman Bob Weldon and members of the Highway Materials Group will join Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore)., and Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), for a press conference on Tuesday, May 14. The speakers and members of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee will call for increased and sustainable infrastructure funding and recognize National Infrastructure Week. “We…
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Highway Materials Group: We are Heading for a Cliff
The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) and other members of the Highway Materials Group (HMG) are renewing the push for increased highway funding during Infrastructure Week 2019, May 13-17. HMG member companies supply the materials and equipment that build and maintain the nation’s roads, highways and bridges.
Read MorePoll: Americans Want Government to Lead on Rebuilding Infrastructure
Nothing, it seems, is uniting the country these days quite like the shared enthusiasm for infrastructure investment. A new U.S. Chamber of Commerce poll found that 73 percent of Americans want the federal government to take the lead on rebuilding the nation’s transportation infrastructure.
Read MoreSens. Warner, Blunt Introduce Bipartisan BRIDGE Act
Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) led a bipartisan coalition of senators in introducing legislation to establish a new infrastructure financing authority to help states and localities better leverage private funds to build and maintain the nation’s outdated infrastructure.
Read MoreNSSGA Urges Producers to Embrace Infrastructure Week
The National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) announced its participation in Infrastructure Week, which will take place from May 15-19. Businesses, labor organizations, elected officials and people around the country participate in this national advocacy and educational event to spread the message that it is #TimeToBuild America’s infrastructure.
Read MoreInfrastructure Week Shines Light on Need to Invest
America’s infrastructure is crumbling, inefficient and inadequately designed to meet 21st century needs. Yet it is also one of the rare issues on which both political parties, the business and labor communities, and leaders from the White House to State Houses to City Halls, find common ground.
Read MoreCASE Brings Dire States Tour to Washington, D.C.
CASE Construction Equipment brought the Dire States tour to Washington, D.C., for Infrastructure Week 2014, a series of events designed to “explore emerging solutions, innovative approaches and best practices being developed nationwide to modernize aging infrastructure.”
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