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#GameChanger Trend – Next Generation Pavement

August 19th, 2015 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

The United States has more than two million miles of paved roads. Maintenance is a continual issue for local and state transportation agencies, but new pavements being developed are more sustainable, less costly, and yield other benefits such as capturing stormwater runoff. There are several innovative pavement types that are gaining traction, including:

Porous pavements: Porous pavements allow stormwater to percolate through the pavement and enter the soil below. Porous pavements work by allowing streets, parking lots, sidewalks, and other typically impervious covers to retain their natural infiltration capacity. In many instances porous pavements can be used in place of conventional asphalt or concrete in an ultra-urban environment. They are generally not suited for areas with high traffic volumes or loads.
Rubberized asphalt: Waste materials like rubber tires are being incorporated into pavement products.
Warm-mix asphalt: A recent survey found that almost a third of all asphalt produced during the 2013 construction season was produced using warm-mix asphalt technologies, compared to less than five percent in 2009.

Here are your game changers for this week! Roads Built from Tires – Huntington Beach, California California generates more than 40 million scrap tires every year. While nearly 75 percent of used tires are recycled, the rest still end up in landfills or illegal dumps. Ground tire rubber can be blended with asphalt to beneficially modify the properties of the asphalt in highway construction. Through the department’s Green Roads program, CalRecycle is reducing the amount of tires disposed in California’s landfills by putting waste tires to new use as rubberized asphalt concrete. The City of Huntington Beach, California used grant funding from the program to improve six miles of arterial streets that were riddled with potholes, sunken areas, and crumbling pavement. The rubberized asphalt is expected to extend the lifespan of the pavement by an additional 10 to 20 years. Recycling Pavement – Staunton, VA On a four-mile section of Virginia’s I-81, a major north-south freight corridor, the pavement was 43 years old, well past its intended design life, and heavier volumes of truck traffic were taking a toll. The Virginia Department of Transportation moved forward with a $10 million project that reused existing materials from the underlying road structure, while the driving surface received a new overlay of asphalt. The road construction method was not only environmentally sustainable — it reduced construction time by about two-thirds and saved Virginia millions, compared to the cost of conventional reconstruction. Traditional pavement construction would have required building another travel lane and would have taken one to two years to complete. By using in-place recycling, the project time was cut to seven months, resulting in significant cost savings, and reduced traffic disruptions. Alleys that Drink Stormwater Runoff – Boston, Massachusetts The city of Boston recently completed a new 508-square-foot “porous alley” that absorbs stormwater and filters it into the ground, rather than allowing it to make its way into the sewer system where it has to be treated. Construction of the alley is part of a larger effort to boost the quality of water in the rivers surrounding Boston. Like many other localities, the Boston Water and Sewer Commission had to pay a fine for violating the Clean Water Act and take steps to minimize pollutants going into the waters. The porous surfaces also help keep ground water at optimal levels in neighborhoods such as the South End, where many buildings were constructed on top of wood pilings, which can rot if exposed to open air. The nearby town of Arlington, Massachusetts, also used porous pavement for a project on Hurd Field to protect the water quality of adjacent Mill Brook. Every day, new Infrastructure #GameChangers are changing how we build and use infrastructure. ASCE collected these game changing trends in energy, freight, transportation and water infrastructure into an interactive, web-based report at ASCEGameChangers.org. Find out more here, share these trends on social media using #GameChangers, or submit your own #GameChangers project!

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Congress Weighs In on Global Road Safety

August 11th, 2015 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

Before leaving D.C. for the Congressional August recess, members of both the House and Senate sent letters to the World Bank urging a stronger bank lending policy focused on improving global road safety. The World Bank plays a preeminent role in financing road construction in developing countries and therefore is in a unique position to have tremendous influence and guide improvements in road safety. Because the World Bank funds infrastructure projects with assistance from the United States, members of Congress were compelled to send a message to the World Bank requesting that the bank establish a minimum safety design and construction standard for the road projects it funds. Each year, more than 1.3 million people are killed in road crashes and 90 percent of these deaths occur in developing countries. A large percentage of the victims are children. The rate of road crashes has been rising quickly and the World Health Organization expects road traffic injuries to overtake HIV/AIDS as a leading cause of death by the year 2030. Raising global road safety standards would save thousands of lives, reduce traffic-related accidents, and enhance economic growth in developing countries. The standard that the members of Congress were highlighting is one where roads are rated from one to five stars in terms of road safety for each category of road users, including vehicle occupants, pedestrians, and bicyclists. ASCE is a member of the 3-Star Coalition, a broad group of transportation and public health stakeholders that advocates for roads in developing countries to be built to a minimum three-star safety standard for all road users. Moving to a three-star minimum safety standard will save lives, avert crippling injuries, and provide substantial economic returns. The 3-Star coalition views safer road construction as part of a comprehensive traffic safety approach that also includes improved law enforcement, increased public education, and strong national leadership on road safety. These members of Congress – Reps. Emmer (R-MN) and Serrano (D-NY), and Sens. Purdue (R-GA) and Markey (D-MA) – along with 39 House colleagues and six Senate colleagues, should be commended for their commitment to global road safety. Let’s hope that upon receiving the message that the World Bank feels compelled to act soon to implement more accountable safety standards for the projects that it helps fund. You can help urge greater attention on global road safety by using the social media hashtag, #SaveKidsLives.

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#GameChangers Trend – Rapid Bridge Replacement

August 5th, 2015 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

In 2013, America’s bridges earned a grade of C+. In total, one in nine of the nation’s bridges are rated as structurally deficient. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) estimates that to eliminate the nation’s bridge deficient backlog by 2028, we would need to invest $20.5 billion annually, while only $12.8 billion is being spent currently. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has embarked on the challenge to bundle similar bridge projects together to capitalize on economies of scale to achieve cost saving and quicker construction periods. Here is the game changer for this week. Bundle and Save on Bridges – Harrisburg, PA PennDOT has embarked on an ambitious $899 million Rapid Bridge Replacement Project with construction to begin the summer of 2015 on 558 bridges across the state. The final list of 558 bridges was determined after screening more than 2,000 bridges. The private sector team will manage the bridges’ design, construction and maintenance for 25 years after construction under a public-private partnership (P3) contract. Under the agreement, all 558 bridges must be replaced within 36 months. PennDOT will maintain ownership of the bridges. The P3 contract will allow PennDOT to deliver high-quality bridges and replace the existing bridges more quickly than under the agency’s traditional procurement model. In addition, the project will minimize the impact on motorists during construction. Every day, new Infrastructure #GameChangers are changing how we build and use infrastructure. ASCE collected these game changing trends in energy, freight, transportation and water infrastructure into an interactive, web-based report at ASCEGameChangers.org. Find out more here, share these trends on social media using #GameChangers, or submit your own #GameChangers project!

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Despite Senate Transportation Action, House Stymies Progress

July 30th, 2015 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

Sens. Inhofe (R-OK) and Boxer (D-CA) led Senate efforts on approving the DRIVE Act

During the last two months, the Senate made good use of its time to craft a multi-year surface transportation bill with an increase in funding. As is often the way for Congress, it still came down to the wire. For over a week, the U.S. Senate has been in a mad dash to complete its work on a multi-year surface transportation bill before the looming July 31 legislative deadline hits. With the help of ASCE members, fellow coalition members including Associated General Contractors, the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, many other groups, and the public, the Senate was successful in doing so – with even a little bit of time to spare. Today the Senate delivered to the House for consideration a six-year, $350 billion road, bridge and transit policy bill that provides three-years of dedicated funding and boosts current investment levels. The only problem? The House is not in session to take it up and pass it before the Friday deadline. In the Congressional equivalent of ding-dong-ditch, yesterday the House passed and sent to the Senate a three-month program extension just as House members left town for August recess, which meant the Senate had no option but to pass the three-month extension in order to avoid a program shutdown on July 31. So in the end the Senate was successful in doing its work, but was unable to get their effort signed into law by the July 31 deadline because the House left town early and refused to take it up. The Senate bill’s funding increases for highway and transit are a step in right direction, but still far below the investment levels America needs to address its aging roads, bridges, and transit systems. However, when compared to the horrible status-quo that the federal program finds itself in – a seemingly endless cycle of short-term extensions combined with a continued deterioration of the purchasing power of transportation dollars – the Senate bill was the most promising legislation proposed during the two-month extension. “In the next three months, ASCE urges the House and Senate to work through their policy differences and continue the legacy of the Highway Trust Fund,” said Tom Smith, ASCE’s executive director. “This short-term extension needs to be the last and we believe it can be, so long as Congress moves the nation forward by working together in a bipartisan way to finish their work on improving America’s surface transportation infrastructure.” Of note the Senate bill: • Provides six years of policy reforms and contract authority for highways and transit programs, thus ending the cycle of short-term, multi-month program extensions; • Provides three years of dedicated revenue to the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) so states can deliver more long-term projects; • Increases funding levels for both highway, transit and passenger rail programs in order to reduce our nation’s maintenance and construction backlog; • Provides for a new national dedicated freight program to improve goods movement; • Contains bipartisan permitting reforms that would set deadlines for project decisions, increase transparency and reduce litigation delays; and • Contains a federal pilot program for future user-fee revenue generating systems like those currently being tested in some states regarding vehicle miles traveled (VMT). While the summer legislative battle is over and victory was confined to the U.S. Senate, transportation advocates will take the August break and recharge our batteries to be ready for the final fall push when Congress is back in September. Please take a moment to see how your Senator voted and thank him/her on their leadership this July. We will need their support again soon enough once a final House and Senate compromise comes together.

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#GameChangers Trend – Ridesharing And Transit Apps

July 29th, 2015 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

Traffic jams and project backlogs aren’t problems that will be going away any time soon as the Highway Trust Fund is once again headed towards insolvency. However, in spite of a lack of federal support for better transportation networks, some innovations are propelling transportation into new areas and changing the game as we know it. The prolific growth of rideshare services as well as the accompanying user apps are revolutionizing the transport industry. Rideshare platforms, like Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, and others, are connecting riders to drivers through new technology platforms. Perhaps more importantly, cities and states are forming productive partnerships with these services for data-sharing which could shape the future of transportation. Here are two #GameChangers that are worth knowing: Crowd-sourcing traffic app aids transportation agencies Waze is rapidly gaining popularity as a navigation and “traffic avoidance” app, using real-time traffic and construction information to recommend the fastest route to your destination. Waze works using a crowd-sourcing functionality, meaning that it depends on users to report and verify traffic incidents and other scenarios that could slow down your trip. There are side benefits to this data-rich app for local and state transportation agencies, and Waze has begun no-cost data-sharing agreements with at least 30 public sector partners. Waze offers anonymous traffic data via a live feed in exchange for information from the agencies such as construction closures that will improve the accuracy of their app information for travelers. Local transportation agencies in Los Angeles are getting creative with the uses for the data, including using the app to report and respond more rapidly to potholes and rerouting buses based on real-time information. Uber Partners to Help Cities – Boston, MA Uber has proliferated across U.S. cities, dispatching cars owned and operated by practically anyone. Waze Connected citizens Program is increasingly gaining popularity as the “traffic avoidance app” that provide live feed of traffic incidents and road closures with drivers and government partners. Uber’s technology reduce traffic congestion, as an immediate transportation option with a GPS installed map on every app. Not only that, Uber’s Zip Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) keeps track the traffic flows in the city with traffic volume counts and the speed of traffic. On second week of January, 2015, Uber announced the first of its kind partnership with the city of Boston to provide traffic data from dates and times of trips, zip codes, distance traveled and trip’s duration. Boston is planning to use this information to manage traffic congestion, evaluate the impact of incidents, and zone changes to parking spots. The city of Los Angeles are partnering up with Waze Connected Citizens Program, and will be using its crowd-sourcing functionality to respond immediately to live road conditions. The cities’ data-sharing partnership with transportation applications will commit to traffic planning and congestion reduction. Every day, new Infrastructure #GameChangers are changing how we build and use infrastructure. ASCE collected these game changing trends in energy, freight, transportation and water infrastructure into an interactive, web-based report at ASCEGameChangers.org. Find out more here, share these trends on social media using #GameChangers, or submit your own #GameChangers project!

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#FixTheTrustFund: Senate Dodging Potholes

July 27th, 2015 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

Two weeks ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would fund federal transportation projects through mid-December to avoid the July 31 legislative deadline. While this would divert a summer construction catastrophe, delaying Congressional agreement on a multi-year path forward is not an ideal option because short-term extensions make it difficult to plan and build multi-year transportation projects. This week the U.S. Senate is attempting to complete work on a bipartisan, long-term bill and get it over to the House for their consideration before July 31. Over the weekend, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) managed to steer the bill away from legislative potholes that threatened to slow passage of the bill. The Senate defeated an amendment to the transportation bill that would have repealed Obamacare and voted to debate reauthorization of the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank and possibly attach it to the six-year highway & transit bill. Tonight we expect a final vote on attaching Ex-Im to the bill (which many anticipate will be approved) followed by a vote to end debate on the transportation bill and move towards final passage of the legislation by mid-week. The Senate bill:

Provides six years of policy reforms and contract authority for highways and transit programs, thus ending the cycle of short-term, multi-month program extensions;
Provides three years of dedicated revenue to the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) so states can deliver more long-term projects;
Increases funding levels for highway, transit and passenger rail programs in order to reduce our nation’s maintenance and construction backlog;
Provides for a new national dedicated freight program to improve goods movement; and
Contains bipartisan permitting reforms that would set deadlines for project decisions, increase transparency and reduce litigation delays.

Please take a moment today to urge your members of Congress to approve this legislation before the July 31 deadline and allow the nation’s transportation infrastructure programs to create jobs and grow the economy in the coming years. Here’s how you can help:

Contact your members of Congress via letter or phone call: Send your legislators a quick note or call them and urge their immediate support!
Communicate with your members of Congress via social media: Most members of Congress have Facebook and Twitter pages. In addition to calling or writing a letter, urge them to #FixTheTrustFund on social media.
Ask others to take action: Use the text in this blog to Send your friends, family, and coworkers an email asking them to contact their members of Congress. Don’t forget to add a sentence or two about why passage of a long-term transportation bill is important to you.

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Fix the Trust Fund: Now it’s the Senate’s Turn

July 20th, 2015 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

Last Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to extend highway and transit programs until December 18, 2015 on a 312-119 vote. The House bill granted a $8.1 billion boost the Highway trust Fund (HTF) to keep it solvent past the looming July 31 deadline. This extension will fund surface transportation projects through the mid-December timeframe. The decision was reached, because extending the program is seen as a far better alternative than allowing the HTF to run out of money. “The last thing we want to do is see road construction stop at the beginning of August,” said Rep. Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican who chairs the House Ways and Means Committee. This week the Senate will pursue an alternative approach, where a bipartisan group of Republicans and Democrats, led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell want to pass a long-term bill. Senate Republican leaders are trying to find money for a six-year bill, the DRIVE Act, which cleared the Environment and Public Works Committee a few weeks ago. The bill, S. 1647, would provide a twenty percent increase in funding over the course of six years and proposes reforms to improve freight movement, deliver large projects and streamline project delivery. The cycle of short-term extensions has blocked planning and delivery of major projects in several states, and even more states have announced that they will be forced to cancel and delay projects until the Congress enacts a multi-year bill. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has said that uncertainty about highway funds has led to canceled projects in Georgia, Tennessee, Vermont, Delaware and Arkansas. He said that unless Congress acts to extend funding beyond the July 31 deadline, the U.S. Department of Transportation “will not have the authority to provide project sponsors with any additional contract authority for new or ongoing projects.” In early August, the balance of the Highway Trust Fund will drop below $4 billion which is when the reimbursement payments to states for completed projects will slow. The time is now to focus on the activity in the Senate and urge lawmakers to vote in favor of a long-term bill by the July 31 deadline. To help, you can:

Send a request today to meet with your members of Congress: Here are some helpful hints and how to set up a “back home” meeting.
Contact your Senators via letter or phone call: If you can’t meet in person, send your Senators a quick letter or give their office a call and ask for the staff that handles transportation. Look up their number and get talking points here.
Communicate with your member of Congress via social media: Most members of Congress have Facebook and Twitter pages. In addition to calling or writing a letter, urge them to #FixTheTrustFund on social media.

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Congressional Focus Remains on Highway & Transit Bill

July 13th, 2015 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

This week both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate will gear-up over the future of federal highway and transit funding and policy. The House is expected to approve a six-month extension of current policy, which would cost approximately $9 billion. The Senate is expected to take-up highway legislation later this week, but it remains unclear to length and scope of legislation that they will be pursuing. Majority Leader McConnell has expressed support for a multi-year bill, possibly some form of the DRIVE Act. However, other Senators have discussed the option of extending the current policy to the end of the year with the hopes of dedicated revenues to transportation from international tax reform. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee is set to mark-up its safety, freight and rail portions of the bill this Wednesday morning. It remains unclear when or if the Senate Banking Committee will mark-up its transit portion of the bill. Last week, Congressman Tom Rice (R-7-SC) introduced the H.R. 2971, “The Highway Trust Fund Certainty Act”, which would raise federal motor fuels taxes by approximately 10 cents per gallon and index that rate to inflation in order to address the current annual Highway Trust Fund shortfall. In a letter to the Congressman, ASCE commended Rep. Rice’s leadership on this issue, but noted that additional federal investment will still be required to meet our nation’s long-term surface transportation infrastructure needs. You can urge Congress to #FixTheTrustFund by the July 31 legislative deadline in the following ways:

Send a request today to meet with your members of Congress: Here are some helpful hints and how to set up a “back home” meeting.
Contact your Member of Congress via letter or phone call: If you can’t meet in person, send your member of Congress a quick letter about the Highway Trust Fund or give their office a call and ask for the staff that handles transportation. Look up their number and get talking points here.
Communicate with your member of Congress via social media: Most members of Congress have Facebook and Twitter pages. In addition to calling or writing a letter, urge them to #FixTheTrustFund on social media.

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Can you hold your own on our infrastructure quiz? Let’s find out!

July 1st, 2015 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

“Test your Infrastructure I.Q.” is a quiz to help you learn more about our nation’s infrastructure. The quiz is a fun, interactive tool and covers 16 categories of American infrastructure: energy, schools, public parks & recreation, transit, roads, rail, ports, inland waterways, bridges, aviation, wastewater, solid waste, levees, hazardous waste, drinking water and dams. If you get a question wrong, you can find the answer and maybe learn a few other facts as well. What are you waiting on? It’s time to test your infrastructure I.Q.!

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#FixTheTrustFund This Week: Time to Talk to Congress While They’re Home

June 29th, 2015 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

The Highway Trust Fund (HTF) was set up in 1956 to fund the build and maintain a transportation network nationwide. Today, it is the national bank account for roads, bridges and transit that reimburses states for eligible projects. Inaction by Congress has put the Highway Trust Fund in jeopardy, and with a month left before the temporary funding fix runs out on July 31st, Congress is nowhere near to closing a deal to generate sustainable revenue for the nation’s highway, bridge, and transit systems – investments vital to the health of our recovering economy. #FixTheTrustFund is a call to action to solve this transportation problem today. Send a Request Today to Meet with Your Members of Congress in July: Congress is home and now is the perfect time to request a meeting in the District or find a town hall event they’re hosting near you. Here are some helpful hints and how to set up a “back home” meeting. If you can’t meet in person, send your member of Congress a quick letter about the Highway Trust Fund or give their office a call and ask for the staff that handles transportation. Look up their number and get talking points here. Hear Senator Inholfe’s take on Congress’ role in fixing the Highway Trust Fund: In this video, Senator Inholfe talks with ASCE Senior Managing Director Casey Dinges on the government’s role in infrastructure as well as what we can do to help. Here are two latest blog posts on Congress’s agenda on the bill, and policies on the table. Here is a list of town hall events to tell them to fix the Trust Fund.

6/29/2015	Rep. Loudermilk(R-GA-11^th)	Kennesaw City Hall Council Chambers 2529 J.O. Stephenson Ave. Kennesaw, GA 30144For more information on this meeting, follow this link: loudermilk.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=234 Starts at 6pm	Town Hall Meeting
6/29/2015	Rep. Roe (R-TN-1)	Memorial Park Community Center510 Bert St. Johnson City, TN 37601 For more information on this meeting, follow this link: roe.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=397878 Starts at 6pm	Town Hall Meeting
6/29/2015	Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5^th)	Brookfield Public Safety Building 2100 North Calhoun Road Brookfield, WI 53005For more information on this meeting, follow this link: sensenbrenner.house.gov/contact/ Starts at 7 pm	Town Hall Meeting
6/29/2015	Sen. Crapo(R-ID)	Greenleaf City Hall 20523 North Whittier Drive Greenleaf, ID 83626For more information on this meeting, follow this link: www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=360764 Starts at 7:30pm	Town Hall Meeting
6/29/2015	Sen. Crapo(R-ID)	Notus City Hall 375 Notus Road Notus, ID 83656For more information on this meeting, follow this link: www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=360764 Starts at 6pm	Town Hall Meeting
6/30/2015	Sen. Crapo(R-ID)	Boise Public Library Marion Bingham Room, Third Floor 715 South Capitol Boulevard Boise, ID 83702For more information on this meeting, follow this link: www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=360764 Starts at 11am	Town Hall Meeting
6/30/2015	Sen. Crapo(R-ID)	M ountain Home City Hall 160 South Third East Street Mountain Home, ID 83647For more information on this meeting, follow this link: www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=360764 Starts at 1:30pm	Town Hall Meeting
6/30/2015	Sessions (R-AL)	A bbeville Town Hall 116 Kirkland Street Abbeville, AL 36310For more information on this meeting, follow this link: www.dothaneagle.com/blogs/inside_page/jeff-sessions-holding-town-hall-meetings-in-the-wiregrass/article_6c6b63e4-1c1e-11e5-b6aa-df2f5bd0867a.html Starts at 10:30am	Town Hall Meeting
6/30/2015	Rep. Amash (R-MI-3^rd)	Caledonia Township Offices 8196 Broadmoor Ave SE Caledonia, MI 49316Starts at 5:30pm	Town Hall Meeting
6/30/2015	Rep. Bost (R-IL-12^th)	DuQuoin City Hall 28 South Washington St. DuQuoin, IL 62832Starts at 3:30 pm	Town Hall Meeting
6/30/2015	Rep. Boyle (D-PA-13^th)	Episcopal Church of Our Savior 821 Homestead Avenue Jenkintown, PA 19046Starts at 6:30 pm	Climate Change Town Hall
6/30/2015	Rep. Cartwright (D-PA-17^th)	Fox Hill Firehouse 50 2nd Street Plains, PA 18702Starts at 6:30 pm	Town Hall Meeting
6/30/2015	Rep. Jenkins(R-KS-2^nd)	Fredonia Public Library Lafferty Room 807 Jefferson Street Fredonia, KS 66736Starts at 3pm	Coffee With Your Congresswoman
6/30/2015	Rep. Jenkins(R-KS-2^nd)	Memorial Building Alliance Room 101 South Lincoln Avenue Chanute, KS 66720Starts at 1:15pm	Coffee With Your Congresswoman
6/30/2015	Rep. Jenkins(R-KS-2^nd)	Columbus Chamber Building Community Room 320 East Maple Street Columbus, KS 66725Starts at 11:30AM	Coffee With Your Congresswoman
6/30/2015	Rep. Womack (R-AR-3^rd)	Barling Senior Citizen Center 1605 M Street Barling, AR 72923For more information on this meeting, follow this link: womack.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=398544 Starts at 8:30am	Coffee with your Congressman
6/30/2015	Rep. McClintock(R-CA-4^th)	El Dorado County Board of Supervisor’s Chambers 330 Fair Lane Placerville, CA 95667Starts at 6pm	Town Hall Meeting
6/30/2015	Rep.McSally (R-AZ-2^nd)	T ucson District Office 4400 East Broadway Boulevard Suite 510 Tucson, AZ 85711Starts at 4:30pm	District Open House
6/30/2015	Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5^th)	Jackson Village Hall N168 W20733 Main Street Jackson, WI 53037For more information on this meeting, follow this link: sensenbrenner.house.gov/contact/ Starts at 1pm	Town Hall Meeting
6/30/2015	Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5^th)	Oconomowoc City Hall 174 East Wisconsin Avenue Oconomowoc, WI 53066For more information on this meeting, follow this link: sensenbrenner.house.gov/contact/ Starts at 7pm	Town Hall Meeting
6/30/2015	Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5^th)	Addison Town Hall 127 1st Street Allentown, WI 53002For more information on this meeting, follow this link: sensenbrenner.house.gov/contact/ Starts at 11am	Town Hall Meeting
6/30/2015	Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5^th)	Kewaskum Village Hall 204 1st Street Kewaskum, WI 53040For more information on this meeting, follow this link: sensenbrenner.house.gov/contact/ Starts at 10am	Town Hall Meeting
6/30/2015	Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5^th)	Newburg Village Hall 614 Main Street Newburg, WI 53060For more information on this meeting, follow this link: sensenbrenner.house.gov/contact/ Starts at 9am	Town Hall Meeting
6/30/2015	Rep. Zinke (R-MT-At Large)	Rising Mountains Assisted Living Center 225 Coverdell Rd. Bigfork, MT 59911Starts at 4pm	Town Hall Meeting
7/1/2015	Sen. Crapo(R-ID)	Lincoln County Community Center Jerry Nance Hall 201 South Beverly Street Shoshone, ID 83352For more information on this meeting, follow this link: www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=360764 Starts at 2 pm	Town Hall Meeting
7/1/2015	Sen. Crapo(R-ID)	Ketchum City Hall 480 East Avenue North Ketchum, ID 83340For more information on this meeting, follow this link: www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=360764 Starts at 9:30 am	Town Hall Meeting
7/1/2015	Sen. Crapo(R-ID)	Blaine County School District Community Campus, Minnie Moore Room 1050 Fox Acres Road Hailey, ID 83333For more information on this meeting, follow this link: www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=360764 Starts at 11 am	Town Hall Meeting
7/1/2015	Sen. Lankford (R-OK)	Town Hall 123 S. Main St. Hennessey, OK 73742Starts at 10:15am	Town Hall Meeting
7/1/2015	Rep. Bilirakis(R-FL-12^th)	West Pasco Government CenterSuite 150 8731 Citizens Drive New Port Richey, FL 34654 Starts at 5:30pm	Veteran Town Hall
7/1/2015	Rep. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2^nd)	Central Georgia Technical College Building H, Room 111 3300 Macon Tech Dr. Macon, GA 31206VA Secretary Bob McDonald will be in attendance. Starts at 12pm	Veterans Town Hall Meeting
7/1/2015	Rep. Bost (R-IL-12^th)	Waterloo Fire Department 223 North Main St. Waterloo, IL 62298Starts at 6pm	Town Hall Meeting
7/1/2015	Rep. Bucshon (R-IN-8^th)	Evansville District Office 420 Main Street Suite 1402 Evansville, IN 47708Constituents can make appointments by calling the number provided. This meeting requires an RSVP. RSVP by phone at (812) 232-0523 Starts at 1:30pm	Office Hours
7/1/2015	Rep. Emmer (R-MN-6^th)	Ace Bar and Grill 423 East Germain Street St. Cloud, MN 56304For more information on this meeting, follow this link: emmer.house.gov/coffee Starts at 7pm	Coffee With Your Congressman
7/1/2015	Rep. Jenkins(R-KS-2^nd)	Townhall Center 125 West 5th Avenue Garnett, KS 66032Starts at 2pm	Coffee With Your Congresswoman
7/1/2015	Rep. Jenkins(R-KS-2^nd)	Coffey County Library Meeting Room 410 Juniatta Street Burlington, KS 66839Starts at 3:45pm	Coffee With Your Congresswoman
7/1/2015	Rep. Jenkins(R-KS-2^nd)	City Hall Commission Room 123 South Main Street Fort Scott, KS 66701Starts at 10am	Coffee With Your Congresswoman
7/1/2015	Rep. Jenkins(R-KS-2^nd)	Pleasanton City Hall Council Chambers 1608 Laurel Street Pleasanton, KS 66075Starts at 11:30 am	Coffee With Your Congresswoman
7/1/2015	Rep. Rothfus (R-PA-12^th)	Hank’s Custard Shop 2210 3rd Avenue New Brighton, PA 15066Starts at 4pm	Ice Cream With Keith
7/1/2015	Rep. Rothfus (R-PA-12^th)	Cole Cafe 1718 Mount Royal Boulevard Glenshaw, PA 15116Starts at 8:30 am	Coffee with Keith
7/1/2015	Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5^th)	Sullivan Village Hall 500 Madison Avenue Sullivan, WI 53178For more information on this meeting, follow this link: sensenbrenner.house.gov/contact/ Starts at 11:30 am	Town Hall Meeting
7/1/2015	Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5^th)	Helenville Fire Hall N4737 North Helenville Road Helenville, WI 53137For more information on this meeting, follow this link: sensenbrenner.house.gov/contact/ Starts at 10:45 am	Town Hall Meeting
7/1/2015	Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5^th)	Nashotah Village Hall N44W32950 Watertown Plank Road PO Box 123 Nashotah, WI 53058For more information on this meeting, follow this link: sensenbrenner.house.gov/contact/ Starts at 9am	Town Hall Meeting
7/1/2015	Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5^th)	Palmyra Village Hall 100 Taft Street Palmyra, WI 53156For more information on this meeting, follow this link: sensenbrenner.house.gov/contact/ Starts at 1pm	Town Hall Meeting
7/1/2015	Rep. Sensenbrenner (R-WI-5^th)	Johnson Creek Village Hall 125 Depot Street Johnson Creek, WI 53038For more information on this meeting, follow this link: sensenbrenner.house.gov/contact/ Starts at 10am	Town Hall Meeting
7/1/2015	Rep. Torres (D-CA-35)	Rialto Senior Center1411 S. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 Starts at 5pm	Congress On Your Corner
7/1/2015	Rep. Womack (R-AR-3^rd)	Centerton City Hall Courtroom 290 Main Street Centerton, AR 72719Starts at 8:30am	Coffee with the Congressman
7/1/2015	Rep. Zinke (R-MT-At Large)	Glacier Bank 222 Dewey Avenue Eureka, MT 59917Starts at 9 am	Town Hall Meeting
7/1/2015	Rep. Zinke (R-MT-At Large)	Lincoln County Library Public Meeting Room 220 West 6th Street Libby, MT 59923Starts at 12:30pm	Town Hall Meeting
7/2/2015	Sen. Crapo (R-ID)	Burley Public Library 1300 Miller Avenue Burley, ID 83318For more information on this meeting, follow this link: www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=360764 Starts at 2pm	Town Hall Meeting
7/2/2015	Sen. Crapo (R-ID)	Heyburn City Offices 941 18th Street Heyburn, ID 83336For more information on this meeting, follow this link: www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=360764 Starts at 3:30pm	Town Hall Meeting
7/2/2015	Sen. Crapo (R-ID)	Murtaugh City Park Wally’s Park Pavilion 3325 Murtaugh Road Murtaugh, ID 83344For more information on this meeting, follow this link: www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=360764 Starts at 11:30am	Town Hall Meeting
7/2/2015	Sen. Crapo (R-ID)	T & T Cafe 195 Rock Creek Road Hansen, ID 83334For more information on this meeting, follow this link: www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=360764 Starts at 10 am	Town Hall Meeting
7/2/2015	Sen. Markley (D-OR)	VFW Hall 205 1st Street East Huntington, OR 97907Starts at 1:30pm	Town Hall Meeting
7/2/2015	Sen. Markley (D-OR)	Harney County Senior and Community Service Center 17 South Alder Avenue Burns, OR 97720Starts at 7pm	Town Hall Meeting
7/2/2015	Sen. Markley (D-OR)	Adrian Schools Cafeteria 305 Owyhee Street Adrian, OR 97901Starts at 11am	Town Hall Meeting
7/2/2015	Sen. Wyden (D-OR)	Gr ant County Regional Airport 72000 Airport Rd. John Day, OR 97845Starts at 4pm	Town Hall Meeting
7/2/2015	Sen. Wyden (D-OR)	Mitchell Community Hall108 S. Nelson Mitchell, OR 97750 Starts at 12pm	Town Hall Meeting
7/2/2015	Rep.BishopJr. (D-GA-2^nd)	National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center Heritage Hall 1775 Legacy Way Columbus, GA 31903VA Secretary Bob McDonald will be in attendance. Starts at 8am	Veterans Town Hall Meeting
7/2/2015	Rep. McClintock(R-CA-4^th)	Tuolumne County Administration Center Board of Supervisors Chambers 2 South Green Street Sonora, CA 95370Starts at 5:30 pm	Town Hall Meeting
7/2/2015	Rep. Rothfus (R-PA-12^th)	Pine Grill Restaurant 800 North Centre Avenue Somerset, PA 15501Starts at 10 am	Coffee With Keith
7/3/2015	Sen. Crapo (R-ID)	Ucon City Council Chambers 3787 East 112 Street North Idaho Falls, ID 83401For more information on this meeting, follow this link: www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=360764 Starts at 9:30am	Town Hall Meeting
7/3/2015	Sen. Crapo (R-ID)	Ashton Community Center 925 Main Street Ashton, ID 83420For more information on this meeting, follow this link: www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=360764 Starts at 11:30am	Town Hall Meeting
7/3/2015	Sen. Crapo (R-ID)	Rigby Senior Citizens Center 391 Community Lane Rigby, ID 83442For more information on this meeting, follow this link: www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=360764 Starts at 4:30pm	Town Hall Meeting
7/3/2015	Sen. Crapo (R-ID)	Island Park EMS Building 4329 Library Road Island Park, ID 83429For more information on this meeting, follow this link: www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/release_full.cfm?id=360764 Starts at 2pm	Town Hall Meeting
7/3/2015	Sen. Wyden	Josephy Center for Arts and Culture403 N. Main St. Joseph, OR 97846 Starts at 2pm	Town Hall Meeting
7/4/2015	Rep. Sherman (D-CA-30^th)	Warner Center Park 5800 Topanga Canyon Boulevard Woodland Hills, CA 91367Starts at 6:30pm	Constituent Services Booth

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