Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/state-legislators-ready-to-tackle-transportation/">State Legislators Ready to Tackle TransportationState Legislators Ready to Tackle Transportation
July 04, 2012
We can take heart that there are policymakers working hard out in the states to help find solutions to restoring and improving the nation’s infrastructure. Last week ASCE staff had the opportunity to interact with a small group of state legislators from around the country who have distinguished themselves as leaders on transportation issues. Through......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/house-and-senate-pass-transportation-bill/">House and Senate Pass Transportation BillHouse and Senate Pass Transportation Bill
July 02, 2012
UPDATE: The House of Representatives passed the transportation conference report by a vote of 373-52 Friday afternoon. The Senate passed the bill 74-19. The House and Senate worked vigorously all week to come to a compromise surface transportation conference report on Wednesday night. The announcement of a deal came over 1,000 days after the last......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/house-guts-epa-spending-on-infrastructure-to-curtail-regulations/">House Guts EPA Spending on Infrastructure to Curtail RegulationsHouse Guts EPA Spending on Infrastructure to Curtail Regulations
June 22, 2012
A House subcommittee has approved a spending bill for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for fiscal year 2013 that seeks to drastically cut back on new federal environmental rules through the simple expedient of imposing major budget cuts on the agency. In years past House Republicans used prohibitory language in appropriations acts to bar the......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/transportation-appropriations-heading-to-house-floor/">Transportation Appropriations Heading to House FloorTransportation Appropriations Heading to House Floor
June 20, 2012
The House Appropriations Committee marked up the Transportation and Housing & Urban Development appropriations bill, which passed by voice vote. The bill’s overall total of $51.6 billion in discretionary spending would be $3.9 billion less than fiscal 2012 and $1.9 billion less than the president’s request, however due to the current economic climate the cuts......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/surface-transportation-bill-still-uncertain/">SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BILL STILL UNCERTAINSURFACE TRANSPORTATION BILL STILL UNCERTAIN
June 01, 2012
The House this week was initially faced with a vote on a motion to instruct conferees to cut transportation funding levels, only to have that motion withdrawn late Thursday afternoon on a technical issue. The motion from Representative Paul Broun (R-GA) would have tied Highway Trust Fund expenditures to estimated gas tax revenues, essentially cutting......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/transportation-conference-committee-meets-kicks-off-talks/">Transportation Conference Committee Kicks Off TalksTransportation Conference Committee Kicks Off Talks
May 09, 2012
The surface transportation conference committee commenced its first meeting yesterday, with Senate and House conferees taking the opportunity to give opening remarks on what is anticipated to be one of the final hurdles in passing a transportation bill. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), author of MAP-21 (S. 1813) and chair of the conference committee, began the meeting......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/asce-energized-for-lastest-economic-study/">ASCE ENERGIZED FOR LATEST ECONOMIC STUDYASCE ENERGIZED FOR LATEST ECONOMIC STUDY
April 26, 2012
ASCE has released the latest report in the Failure to Act economic study series today – Failure to Act: The Economic Impact of Current Investment Trends in Electricity Infrastructure. This report assesses the nation’s aging energy facilities and analyzes how accelerating investments in the nation’s transmission, generation, and distribution systems will prevent unnecessary costs to......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/congressional-recess-is-here-but-a-surface-transportation-compromise-is-not-near/">Congressional Recess Is Here, But A Surface Transportation Compromise Is Not NearCongressional Recess Is Here, But A Surface Transportation Compromise Is Not Near
April 03, 2012
Congress went home last Friday for a two week recess after punting action on surface transportation another 90 days. Surface transportation programs have been running on a series of extensions for 916 days already, and this 9th extension will continue to add up the count until June 30th. Many in the transportation industry have grown......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/jobs-jobs-jobs/">Jobs, Jobs, JobsMarch 06, 2012
The Associated Press distributed a story yesterday claiming that a surface transportation bill would not necessarily create jobs, but instead shift investments that are already creating jobs to the transportation industry. However, money invested in essential public works can create thousands jobs across the nation, provide for economic growth, and ensure public safety. The nation’s......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/awwa-helps-build-the-case-for-investment-in-water-infrastructure/">AWWA Helps Build the Case for Investment in Water InfrastructureAWWA Helps Build the Case for Investment in Water Infrastructure
February 28, 2012
Our friends at the American Water Works Association (AWWA) have just released a new comprehensive report echoing the call for investment in water infrastructure. They found that the massive investment needed for buried drinking-water infrastructure in the United States totals more than $1 trillion between now and 2035. The need will double from roughly $13......