Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/this-week-in-infrastructure-finding-funding-for-the-highway-trust-fund/">This Week in Infrastructure: Finding Funding for the Highway Trust FundThis Week in Infrastructure: Finding Funding for the Highway Trust Fund
May 09, 2014
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing this week on “new routes for funding and financing highways and transit.” This effort included warnings from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that $13 to $18 billion will be needed each year to maintain the current funding levels the Highway Trust Fund provides. Sen. Boxer (D-CA) responded with......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/the-best-thing-about-next-week-its-infrastructure-week/">The Best Thing About Next Week? It’s Infrastructure WeekThe Best Thing About Next Week? It’s Infrastructure Week
May 06, 2014
Indeed, May 12 to 16th is officially Infrastructure Week. It’s a week built for talking about trains, planes, and automobiles and all the ways they get from point A to point B. If you’re in or around D.C., Infrastructure Week is already packed with events to collaborate and learn from industry leaders, and, of course,......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/this-week-in-infrastructure-white-house-offers-bill-to-grow-america/">This Week in Infrastructure: White House offers bill to GROW AMERICAThis Week in Infrastructure: White House offers bill to GROW AMERICA
May 02, 2014
Congress is back in session, but it was not a member of the legislative branch who introduced legislation to fund transportation projects. Instead, the U.S. DOT and President Obama followed up on a promise from earlier this year to propose a $302 billion transportation budget, titled GROW AMERICA (which stands for Generating Renewal, Opportunity, and......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/how-much-would-you-owe-if-everyones-infrastructure-bill-came-due/">How Much Would You Owe If Everyone’s Infrastructure Bill Came Due?How Much Would You Owe If Everyone’s Infrastructure Bill Came Due?
April 29, 2014
Bloomberg took the opportunity to calculate your infrastructure bill for you based on where you live. See what you would owe for roads, safe drinking water, and airport infrastructure if every one in every state had to pay their bill today....
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/statement-on-president-obamas-grow-america-act-from-the-american-society-of-civil-engineers/">April 29, 2014
Washington, D.C. —The following is a statement from Randall (Randy) S. Over, P.E., president of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) on the GROW AMERICA Act: “We need bold leadership at all levels of government if we are going to solve America’s infrastructure deficit, and today’s four-year draft bill from the U.S. Department of......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/this-week-in-infrastructure-if-not-now-when/">This Week in Infrastructure: If not now, when?This Week in Infrastructure: If not now, when?
April 25, 2014
“It is time to fix our roads and bridges,” House Public Works and Highways Committee Chairman Rep. David Campbell, D-Nashua, [New Hampshire,] said. “If not 4.2 cents, what amount? If not today, when?” With those words of encouragement and a vote, New Hampshire’s legislative branch sent a bill to Gov. Maggie Hassan raising the Gas......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/highway-trust-fund-101-what-you-need-to-know/">Highway Trust Fund 101: What You Need to KnowHighway Trust Fund 101: What You Need to Know
April 24, 2014
The Highway Trust Fund is set to become insolvent this summer, creating exponential negative consequences for our economy. What? When? Why? Find out how it can be fixed and what you can do to help. What is the Highway Trust Fund? The Highway Trust Fund is how Congress provides federal funding for transportation projects. It......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/this-week-in-infrastructure-highway-trust-fund-gets-media-attention/">This Week in Infrastructure: Highway Trust Fund Gets Media AttentionThis Week in Infrastructure: Highway Trust Fund Gets Media Attention
April 18, 2014
On a typical day, a Google news search for the Highway Trust Fund over the past 24 hours results in a page or two of results. But this week Wednesday, the search query garnered nine pages of hits, and the option to “explore in depth” 166 articles. What did these articles say? And why does......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/statement-from-the-american-society-of-civil-engineers-urging-immediate-congressional-action-to-avert-highway-trust-fund-insolvency/">Statement from The American Society of Civil Engineers Urging Immediate Congressional Action to Avert Highway Trust Fund InsolvencyApril 16, 2014
Reston, Va. – 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 U.S. Department of Transportation’s report issued yesterday on the future of the Highway Trust Fund: “The report issued this week by the U.S. Department of Transportation outlines an ominous......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/this-week-in-infrastructure-reasons-to-keep-advocating-for-investment/">This Week in Infrastructure: Reasons to Keep Advocating for InvestmentThis Week in Infrastructure: Reasons to Keep Advocating for Investment
April 11, 2014
The Opinion Pages of The New York Times presented a series of reasons “We Should Be in a Rage” and among them were—you guessed it—because of the state of our nation’s infrastructure. These grievances, along with suggestions and productive dialogue to change it, appeared in print across the country this week. In Mississippi, one writer......
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