Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/d-c-s-dunbar-high-school-goes-deep-to-go-green/">D.C.’s Dunbar High School Goes Deep to Go GreenD.C.’s Dunbar High School Goes Deep to Go Green
October 10, 2013
Historic Dunbar High School, located in the heart of Washington, D.C., has gone deep to go green. While the new school building has all the outward qualities a student could want – a beautiful theater, a gym and pool, open space, and so much more – the most fascinating part of the school’s renovation is......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/shutdown-showdown-continues/">Shutdown Showdown Continues…October 09, 2013
We are on day 9 of the federal government shutdown with no end in sight, and our nation’s critical infrastructure is starting to feel the impact. At a press conference yesterday Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman, Barbara Boxer (D-CA), joined transportation stakeholders to stress the effects the shutdown is having on the nation’s critical......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/federal-highway-trust-fund-headed-toward-bankruptcy-as-gas-tax-reaches-20th-anniversary/">Government Shutdown Highlights U.S. Inability to Solve Big Problems as Gas Tax Reaches 20th AnniversaryOctober 01, 2013
Reston, Va. — The following is a statement from Gregory E. DiLoreto, P.E., P.L.S, D.WRE, president of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), regarding the current government shutdown and the 20th anniversary of the last federal gas tax increase: “Today marks the 20th anniversary since the federal gas tax was last raised to 18.4......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/asce-testifies-before-senate-epw/">ASCE Testifies Before Senate EPWASCE Testifies Before Senate EPW
September 26, 2013
ASCE President Greg DiLoreto, P.E., P.L.S, D.WRE, F.ASCE, testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday about the state of the nation’s surface transportation infrastructure. The hearing entitled “The Need to Invest in America’s Infrastructure and Preserve Federal Transportation Funding” brought together infrastructure heavyweights to discuss revenue solutions for the Highway Trust Fund. During his......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/state-leaders-keep-looking-at-transportation-funding-solutions-and-asce-is-helping-them/">State Leaders KEEP looking at transportation funding solutionsState Leaders KEEP looking at transportation funding solutions
September 20, 2013
This year we’ve seen policymakers at the state level take the lead on tackling the issue of infrastructure funding as several states moved to increase gas taxes (Massachusetts, Maryland, Vermont, Virginia, and Wyoming). And, this week state leaders are in Kansas City at the Council of State Governments (CSG) National Conference discussing a variety of......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/wrrda-clears-first-hurdle/">WRRDA Clears First HurdleSeptember 19, 2013
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unanimously approved the $10 billion Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRDA), H.R. 3080, today. The mark up of the legislation went smoothly with limited debate on amendments. During mark-up several members of the committee provided amendments to speed up the expenditure of funds out of the Harbor Maintenance......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/wrrda-up/">WRRDA Up!September 11, 2013
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee introduced the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (H.R. 3080) with much fanfare today. As the title proves, the bill is one of the most policy and reform focused Water Resources Development Acts (WRDA) to be introduced in the past few decades. Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA)......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/theyre-back/">They’re BackSeptember 10, 2013
Congress returned from its August recess yesterday to a mountain of unfinished business. With 22 days remaining in the fiscal year, Congress plans to go all in and be in session for nine of them. Nine days to: Avoid a government shut down by passing a FY 2014 budget; Address the federal debt limit or......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/future-structure-looking-at-the-future-of-infrastructure-and-us/">FutureStructure – Looking at the Future of Infrastructure and UsFutureStructure – Looking at the Future of Infrastructure and Us
September 06, 2013
What do we want and need from our infrastructure in a hyper-connected, modern world? ASCE has partnered with Governing magazine and others to consider what “FutureStructure” means and how we can get there. The goal of FutureStructure is to help public sector leaders think more like system engineers and get past the constraints of......
Link to Post:https://infrastructurereportcard.org/this-weeks-top-5-infrastructure-stories/">This Week’s Top 5 Infrastructure StoriesThis Week’s Top 5 Infrastructure Stories
September 06, 2013
ASCE Report Card Chair Writes for PBS on Infrastructure’s Present and Future Expanding cities, global businesses, and an interconnected world mean that people need to travel to more places than ever before. Cities cannot prosper in isolation, and businesses cannot thrive if they cannot move goods effectively. As our nation continues to grow, so too......