ASCE Participates in NCSL Legislative Summit in Los Angeles
August 03, 2018
ASCE participated this week in the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) annual Legislative Summit. Approximately 5,500 state legislators, legislative staff, decision-makers, and others attended the meeting to hear from experts and fellow legislators about policy challenges we face today and solutions to these challenges. ASCE exhibited at the 2018 Legislative Summit, and several volunteers from ASCE’s......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/chairman-shuster-releases-infrastructure-proposal/">Chairman Shuster Releases Infrastructure ProposalChairman Shuster Releases Infrastructure Proposal
July 25, 2018
This week, U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) released his long-awaited infrastructure discussion draft. Key components of the plan include fixing the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), investing in transportation and water resources infrastructure, financing innovative projects, and accelerating project delivery. The plan also calls for an increase of 15 cents per......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/epa-releases-report-on-flint-water-crisis/">EPA Releases Report on Flint Water CrisisEPA Releases Report on Flint Water Crisis
July 24, 2018
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report on the management failures that led to the Flint, Michigan water crisis in 2014 and gave recommendations on how to prevent such crises from occurring in the future. The 74-page document, which follows a preliminary October 2016 report, found......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/congressman-curbelo-introduces-bill-to-tax-carbon/">Congressman Curbelo Introduces Bill to Tax CarbonCongressman Curbelo Introduces Bill to Tax Carbon
July 24, 2018
Earlier this week, Congressman Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) introduced H.R. 6463, the Modernizing America with Rebuilding to Kick-start the Economy of the Twenty-first Century with a Historic Infrastructure-Centered Expansion Act, or the “MARKET CHOICE Act.” This bill would amend the tax code to add tax equal to $24 per metric ton of carbon dioxide (CO2), with......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/new-report-explores-planning-for-americas-water-infrastructure-needs/">New Report Explores Planning for America’s Water Infrastructure NeedsNew Report Explores Planning for America’s Water Infrastructure Needs
July 13, 2018
Leaders in the water infrastructure industry, in association with The Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University, released a report titled “Planning for America’s Water Infrastructure Need,” which focuses on shared interests and challenges likely to face water infrastructure in the future. The report came out of a workshop held in February that......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/trump-administrations-reorganization-plan/">Trump Administration’s Reorganization PlanTrump Administration’s Reorganization Plan
June 28, 2018
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform examined the Trump Administration’s government-wide reorganization plan and shared thoughts and ideas about the proposals, which included infrastructure-related issues. The proposal is still in its early stages and will require congressional approval for any changes to occur. Margaret Weichert, Deputy Director......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/california-transportation-investment-at-stake-in-november/">California Transportation Investment at Stake in NovemberCalifornia Transportation Investment at Stake in November
June 26, 2018
California legislators voted in the spring of 2017 to raise the state’s gas tax for the first time in 23 years. Gov. Jerry Brown praised the decision and signed the bill, SB1, into law, ushering in $5 billion worth of revenue to pay for roads, bridges, and transit projects that would increase safety, ease congestion,......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/senate-appropriators-fund-high-hazard-dam-rehab-program/">Senate Appropriators Fund High Hazard Dam Rehab ProgramSenate Appropriators Fund High Hazard Dam Rehab Program
June 22, 2018
This week, the Senate Committee on Appropriations passed its Fiscal Year 2019 Homeland Security Appropriations bill. The $48.334 billion bill, which is an increase of $611 million compared to the FY18 enacted level, includes $250 million for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis, which is a $12.5 million decrease......
Kansas’ Infrastructure GPA Jumps, but Challenges Remain
June 19, 2018
In Kansas City, Kansas today the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released the 2018 Report Card for Kansas’ Infrastructure. The ASCE Kansas City and Kansas Sections gave the state an overall grade of a ‘C,’ an increase from the 2013 grade of “C-.” Five categories earned “C” grades: Bridges, Drinking Water, Energy, Levees, and......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/preparing-infrastructure-for-autonomous-vehicles/">Preparing Infrastructure for Autonomous VehiclesPreparing Infrastructure for Autonomous Vehicles
June 14, 2018
On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works held a hearing entitled “Innovation and America’s Infrastructure: Examining the Effects of Emerging Autonomous Technologies on America’s Roads and Bridges.” The hearing explored questions regarding the feasibility and importance of autonomous technologies as it relates to infrastructure. The Senators’ questions were fielded by a......
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