Roads and bridges that are deteriorated, congested or lack some desirable safety features cost Ohio motorists a total of $12 billion statewide annually – as much a $2,180 per driver in some urban areas – due to higher vehicle operating costs, traffic crashes and congestion-related delays.
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Bill Would Fund Infrastructure in Nation’s Poorest Communities
U.S. Representatives Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), William Lacy Clay Jr. (D-Mo.), and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) announced the introduction of the Generating American Income and Infrastructure Act (GAIIN) Act (H.R. 6104).
Read MoreTrump Administration Approves $50m in USFWS Construction Projects
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced $50 million in approved funding to rebuild critical U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) infrastructure. The approved projects will repair and rehabilitate aging wildlife refuge and fish hatchery infrastructure that contribute to the $1.4 billion backlog facing the USFWS.
Read MoreGeorgia Highways Get a Boost from TFA; More Investment Needed
The 2015 passage of Georgia’s Transportation Funding Act (TFA) allowed the state to address many of its transportation challenges by investing in road, highway and bridge repairs, roadway safety improvements, and congestion relief. Despite this progress, the state will still need additional increases in reliable transportation funding to maintain its aging transportation system, improve traffic safety and serve the future…
Read MoreAED Demands Immediate, Bipartisan Action on Infrastructure
Earlier this month, on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, Associated Equipment Distributors’ 2018 Chairwoman Diane Benck of West Side Tractor Sales Co. demanded congressional action to invest in the United States’ crumbling infrastructure. Benck’s call to action came during a Capitol Hill press conference where she was joined by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.)…
Read MoreConstruction Spending Dips on Steel Tariffs; Highways Rise
The U.S. Census Bureau reported put-in-place construction statistics for March 2018. Construction spending was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,284.7 billion, 1.7 percent (±0.8 percent) below the revised February estimate of $1,306.4 billion.
Read MoreSpending Bill Includes Infrastructure Dollars
President Trump signed the $1.3 trillion-dollar federal spending bill keeping the federal government funded through the end of September. For the last several months, the government was operating on temporary measures.
Read MoreCabinet Secretaries Address Infrastructure
Five Cabinet secretaries on March 13 faced questions from the U.S. Senate on the administration’s principles of infrastructure investment, testifying before the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, reported the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association.
Read MoreNew Report Targets How to Shape U.S. Infrastructure Policy
A new report, How to Shape U.S. Infrastructure Policy, by the American Council for Capital Formation Center for Policy Research (ACCF-CPR) looks at the reasons for infrastructure investment and sets the stage for steps that are crucial for successful infrastructure projects.
Read MoreI Like It When They Listen To Me
Feb. 15, 2018 – It looks like President Trump read my February issue editorial. He reportedly tried to persuade his fellow Republicans to raise the gas tax, according to a story in the Washington Post. In a closed-door meeting on infrastructure with members of both parties, Trump pitched the idea of a 25-cent increase in the gas tax, which hasn’t been raised since 1993. There’s a growing…
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