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Infrastructure in the News: Infrastructure on the FAST track to improvement
The bipartisan Congressional approval of the FAST Act (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) and the release of Hilary Clinton’s infrastructure proposal make this week a busy one indeed. After numerous short-term transportation bill patches and long hours of negotiating, Congress has finally approved a five-year, $305...
Obama Set to Sign 5 Year, $305 Billion Transportation Bill
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate both approved a five-year, $305 billion highway, transit and railway authorization bill. The overwhelming, bipartisan vote was 359-65 in the House and 83-16 in the Senate. President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law...
Moments ago, the U.S. House and Senate Surface Transportation Authorization Conference Committee produced a final conference report that provides five years of federal highway and transit funding at increased levels. This was the result that ASCE had previously publicly called for. The final bill provides...
Congress Takes First Step to Develop New Water Resources Bill
Several members of Congress from the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee gathered in New Orleans earlier this month to listen to stakeholders offer their wishes for a new water resources bill the Committee has pledged to introduce in 2016. Spearheaded by freshman Congressman Garrett...
Conference Committee Meets on Highway & Transit Bill
Yesterday, the joint House & Senate conference committee on the surface transportation authorization legislation met in what will likely be its only public meeting before the looming December 4 deadline to finalize work on a bill. The conference committee chairman, Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) kicked-off...
Tell Congress to Go Big on Transportation
The House and Senate are currently meeting to decide a big question when it comes to the future of the nation’s surface transportation program: Should funding levels be increased in order to improve and modernize the nation’s roads, bridges and transit system, or should funding...
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