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Infrastructure in the News: Investing in how we move people and goods

April 08, 2016By. America's Infrastructure Report Card

Airline legislation, port investment and more states vocalizing the need for infrastructure investment mark this week’s infrastructure headlines. According to The Hill, the long-term reauthorization of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs overcame a major hurdle Wednesday. The Senate’s reauthorization bill would green-light FAA programs through September 2017, addressing airport security issues and more. In addition......

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Tags: aviation, gas tax, ports

A Day to Support Our Ports: United for the Future

April 05, 2016By. Becky Moylan

Outside of boarding a cruise ship, you likely don’t give much thought to ports. But this is an area of infrastructure that delivers so much to your daily life. In 2014 (the last year with data available), U.S. ports hosted $4.6 trillion in economic value worth of activity. Ports are the gateway to global trade,......

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Senate Takes Turn Preparing for New Water Resources Bill

February 11, 2016By. Whitford Remer

Just a week after the House held a discussion on what a new Water Resources Develop Act (WRDA) should look like, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing Wednesday to kick off that chambers work on the legislation. Opting for a more formal setting than the House roundtable approach, the Senate......

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Tags: congress, dams, inland waterways, levees, ports, Water Resources, WRDA

House Committee Convenes Roundtable Discussion on Next Federal Water Resources Bill

February 04, 2016By. Whitford Remer

The House Subcommittee on Water Resources held a round table this week as Congress gears up to pass a new Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) in 2016. Back in November the committee held a similar discussion in New Orleans. During each roundtable – a less formal setting than a traditional hearing – committee members heard......

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Tags: dams, inland waterways, levees, ports, Water Resources, WRDA

Infrastructure in the News: Infrastructure on the FAST track to improvement

December 04, 2015By. America's Infrastructure Report Card

The bipartisan Congressional approval of the FAST Act (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) and the release of Hilary Clinton’s infrastructure proposal make this week a busy one indeed. After numerous short-term transportation bill patches and long hours of negotiating, Congress has finally approved a five-year, $305 billion highway, transit and railway authorization bill that President Obama......

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Tags: bridges, congress, freight, ports, surface transportation

Be a Part of Infrastructure Week

April 29, 2015By. ASCE Staff

The national week dedicated to highlighting the critical importance of investing in and modernizing America’s infrastructure systems, and the essential role infrastructure plays in our economy is May 11-15. The third-annual Infrastructure Week includes more than 30 events around the country from Alaska to Louisiana to New York. A few of the events include: MONDAY in Washington, D.C.......

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Tags: infrastructure, planes, ports, report card, roads, states, trains

Moving Goods Moves the Economy

February 11, 2015By. Becky Moylan

On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate Commerce Transportation subcommittee held a hearing on the role of U.S. ports, titled “Keeping Goods Moving.” Recently, the west coast ports have experienced major backups. These delays and their economic impact could be a glimpse of things to come if we fail to modernize our freight transportation network to meet......

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USDOT Proposes We Move Beyond Traffic

February 03, 2015By. Becky Moylan

With the frequency of short-term funding and authorization patches for the Highway Trust Fund lately, it may seem that a long-term outlook for our transportation system is not top-of-mind. However, the U.S. Department of Transportation yesterday started a conversation to get Americans talking about where our transportation network should go in the next 30 years.......

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Tags: Airports, highway trust fund, Mass Transit, ports, rail transportation, transportation

ASCE commends passage of Water Resources Reform and Development Act

May 22, 2014By. Becky Moylan

Washington, D.C. — The following is a statement from Randall (Randy) S. Over, P.E., F.ASCE, president of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), regarding the final passage today of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives: “Today’s congressional passage of the Water Resources Reform and Development......

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ASCE Applauds U.S. Senate Conference Report on Water Resources Reform and Development Act

May 15, 2014By. America's Infrastructure Report Card

Washington, D.C. — The following is a statement from Randall (Randy) S. Over, P.E., F.ASCE, president of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) regarding the conference report on the Water Resources Reform and Development Act by the U.S. Senate: “Today’s release of the conference report on the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA)......

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