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This Week in Infrastructure: State Solutions, Innovations for Infrastructure Improvement
A bus tour sharing the message we need to invest in infrastructure to “Grow America”, increased momentum towards state-level gas tax increases and new transportation innovations are all building momentum towards improving our nation’s infrastructure. On Wednesday morning in Los Angeles a water main broke that...
While it might not be as amusing as this, this week U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said that a quality transportation network is important to the future of the nation and he urged Congress to quickly adopt a multi-year surface transportation bill. Secretary Foxx did...
2015 Report Card for Iowa’s Infrastructure Arrives Next Tuesday
The Iowa Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will release the inaugural 2015 Report Card for Iowa’s Infrastructure on Tuesday, February 24. The report includes evaluations of Iowa aviation, rail, inland waterways, roads, bridges, dams, levees, drinking water, wastewater, electrical energy, and...
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Sign up to get our infrastructure news and show some love to America’s infrastructure this Valentines Day! Since we launched our Infrastructure Friends network with the release of ASCE’s 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure we’ve seen a wave of new momentum on infrastructure issues...
This Week in Infrastructure: Infrastructure Won't Fix Itself
It is not a news flash that America’s infrastructure needs serious attention and investment. In light of increased attention to our nation’s surface transportation needs, many states are proposing increasing the gas tax to fund transportation. In addition, there has been an uptick in the...
Moving Goods Moves the Economy
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate Commerce Transportation subcommittee held a hearing on the role of U.S. ports, titled “Keeping Goods Moving.” Recently, the west coast ports have experienced major backups. These delays and their economic impact could be a glimpse of things to come if...