Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/asce-makes-the-case-for-infrastructure-at-ncsl/">ASCE Makes The Case For Infrastructure at NCSLASCE Makes The Case For Infrastructure at NCSL
August 15, 2012
Legislators from around the country gather every year at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Legislative Summit to talk about policies that work in the real world. State legislators are literally hunting for ideas they can bring home to their communities to help them bolster their local economies and create jobs. Among the key......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/dam-rehab-bill-introduced-in-house/">Dam Rehab Bill Introduced in HouseDam Rehab Bill Introduced in House
August 10, 2012
Representatives Russ Carnahan (D-MO) and Steve LaTourette (R-OH) introduced H.R. 6254, the Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 2012, before Congress left for the August work period. The legislation would establish a program within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to fund dam rehabilitation and repairs and would award grants for assistance to publicly-owned deficient......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/georgia-t-splost-referenda-what-happened/">Georgia T-SPLOST Referenda – What Happened?Georgia T-SPLOST Referenda – What Happened?
August 01, 2012
Yesterday, Georgia voters went to the polls and voted on, among other things, whether to impose a new 10-year Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (T-SPLOST). The referenda offered Georgians an opportunity to vote for a one percent regional sales tax to fund transportation improvements in every corner of the state. If it had......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/new-report-shows-mississippis-infrastructure-needs-a-different-approach/">New Report Shows Mississippi’s Infrastructure Needs a Different ApproachNew Report Shows Mississippi’s Infrastructure Needs a Different Approach
July 30, 2012
Last week, the Mississippi Section Report Card for the state’s infrastructure was featured in a front-page article in the Jackson Courier-Journal and Acey Roberts, P.E., M.ASCE, chair of the Report Card Committee, was interviewed on the Marshall Ramsey show, heard in Jackson on WFMN-FM. Roberts talked about Report Card which gave grades of D for......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/transportation-referenda-on-next-weeks-ballot-in-georgia/">Transportation Referenda On Next Week’s Ballot in GeorgiaTransportation Referenda On Next Week’s Ballot in Georgia
July 25, 2012
On July 31st, voters in Georgia will head to the polls to vote on a referendum important to both the people of Georgia and the Civil Engineering Profession. Each of Georgia’s 12 economic development regions will separately vote on whether to impose a new 10-year Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (T-SPLOST). These referenda......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/obama-announces-major-port-projects-to-be-expedited/">Obama Announces Major Port Projects to Be ExpeditedObama Announces Major Port Projects to Be Expedited
July 23, 2012
The Obama Administration has announced that as part of its “We Can’t Wait” initiative, seven nationally and regionally significant infrastructure projects will be expedited to help modernize and expand five major ports in the United States, including the Port of Jacksonville, the Port of Miami, the Port of Savannah, the Port of New York and......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/dam-safety-bill-introduced-in-senate/">Dam Safety Bill Introduced in SenateLink to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/congressional-budget-office-examines-the-proposed-national-infrastructure-bank/">Congressional Budget Office Examines the Proposed National Infrastructure BankCongressional Budget Office Examines the Proposed National Infrastructure Bank
July 16, 2012
The Congressional Budget Office released a report last week analyzing a national transportation infrastructure bank, which is a proposal that many on Capitol Hill would like to use in order to boost funding and improve the selection process for projects. The report finds that an infrastructure bank could play a limited role in enhancing investment......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/asce-needs-your-help-give-us-your-success-stories/">ASCE Needs Your Help — Give Us Your “Success Stories”!ASCE Needs Your Help — Give Us Your “Success Stories”!
July 13, 2012
ASCE is currently developing the 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure and we need your help in identifying “Success Stories” – examples of how public and private organizations have addressed specific infrastructure problems with some creativity and determination. While the 2009 Report Card showed there is much work to be done to raise the grades,......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/transportation-bill-signed-into-law/">Transportation Bill Signed Into LawTransportation Bill Signed Into Law
July 09, 2012
President Obama signed the surface transportation bill, MAP-21 (HR 4348), last Friday at the White House. The President’s signature comes 1,010 days after the last surface transportation bill, SAFETEA-LU, expired. The new $118 billion, 27 month piece of legislation will fund programs until September 2014. ASCE President Andrew Herrmann, P.E., SECB, F.ASCE, was in attendance for......