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Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-2014-water-resources-reform-development-act/">Everything You Need to Know About the 2014 Water Resources Reform Development Act

Everything You Need to Know About the 2014 Water Resources Reform Development Act

President Obama last week signed a $12.3 billion water resources bill that will modernize critical water infrastructure while also promoting economic growth and job creation. The Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (WRRDA) authorizes 34 new Army Corps projects, establishes a new loan financing program, strengthens levee and dam safety programs and codifies......

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Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/this-week-in-infrastructure-fix-the-trust-fund/">This Week in Infrastructure: Fix the Trust Fund

This Week in Infrastructure: Fix the Trust Fund

This week ASCE launched FixtheTrustFund.org. The campaign encourages parents, businesses, commuters, and consumers to connect with Congress and ask for a long-term, sustainable funding solution for the Highway Trust Fund. Our plea to Congress was echoed by our friends during the Rally for Roads on Wednesday. The rally brought together road builders, construction unions and......

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Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/this-week-in-infrastructure-searching-for-sustainable-solutions/">This Week in Infrastructure: Searching for Sustainable Solutions

This Week in Infrastructure: Searching for Sustainable Solutions

Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado reflected this week on the significance of the grand opening of the Denver Union Station. His thoughts included discourse on the “foresight and generosity” of past generations to build highways and waterways that serve us today. He then implores his community—and us all—to consider what our legacy will be in......

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Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/10-myths-about-the-highway-trust-fund/">10 Myths About the Highway Trust Fund

10 Myths About the Highway Trust Fund

1. The Highway Trust Fund is Running Out of Money Because We Waste Money Thanks to the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), first passed in 1991, transportation projects are planned, developed and executed efficiently while utilizing innovation. Grades in the Report Card prove that when we invest in infrastructure, we see results. The 2013......

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Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/this-week-in-infrastructure-investment-ensures-infrastructure-effectiveness/">This Week in Infrastructure: Investment Ensures Infrastructure Effectiveness

This Week in Infrastructure: Investment Ensures Infrastructure Effectiveness

The goal of infrastructure is to keep people safe as they live their lives. This is realized in the millions of people who successfully drive or take public transit to work each day; in the clean water that comes out of the tap; and the safety offered by dams. But unfortunately we know that sometimes......

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Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/this-week-in-infrastructure-a-lot-to-celebrate/">This Week In Infrastructure: A lot to Celebrate

This Week In Infrastructure: A lot to Celebrate

This Memorial Day weekend, there is a lot to celebrate and remember. As always, this important holiday allows us to pause and remember those who dedicated and sacrificed their lives for our country. So to our members who served in the military, and to all our active and veteran members of the armed forces we......

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Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/asce-commends-u-s-senate-and-house-of-representatives-on-passage-of-water-resources-reform-and-development-act/">ASCE commends passage of Water Resources Reform and Development Act

ASCE commends passage of Water Resources Reform and Development Act

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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Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/new-york-and-vermont-leadership-make-lake-champlain-bridge-project-success/">New York and Vermont Leadership Make Lake Champlain Bridge Project Success

New York and Vermont Leadership Make Lake Champlain Bridge Project Success

Commit to Success America’s infrastructure needs a national commitment to bring existing infrastructure into a state-of-good-repair, and in the long term we must modernize and build in a targeted and strategic manner. This means leadership at the federal, state, and local levels of government, by businesses and individuals, to communicate the importance of our nation’s......

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Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/what-happens-to-states-when-the-highway-trust-fund-runs-dry-florida-weighs-in/">What Happens To States When the Highway Trust Fund Runs Dry? Florida Weighs In

What Happens To States When the Highway Trust Fund Runs Dry? Florida Weighs In

Depletion of the Federal Highway Trust Fund- What Could it Mean for Florida? An Exclusive Interview with FDOT State Secretary Prasad by Steve Lubinski, PE, CWI, LEED-AP Miami-Dade ASCE conducted an exclusive interview on May 6, 2014 with Florida’s Secretary of Transportation and head of FDOT, Ananth Prasad.  The Federal Highway Trust Fund (funded by......

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