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This Week in Infrastructure: Some Attention for the Highway Trust Fund
The USDOT now anticipates the Highway Trust Fund balance will dip below $4 billion by July, in the heat of summer road repair season. As the fund continues to decline, the DOT will be slowing its funding programs, limiting the funding dollars states rely upon...
New Report Shows $1 Spent on Parks Means $10 for Local Economies
The National Park Service has released a new report showing the impact of parks on local economies. Here a few of the top level findings of the report: In 2012, the nation’s 401 parks attracted more than 280 million visitors. National parks generated more than...
This Week in Infrastructure: Investment Gets New Advocates
What do a comedian, a country music singer, and a businessman all have in common? You may have thought this was a joke, but in fact it’s what happened this week in the news, as the call for infrastructure investment came from some unexpected spokespersons....
New Report Estimates $200B Needed to Fix America’s Schools
After more than a decade, this week the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released an update to the Condition of America’s Public School Facilities report highlighting the condition of America’s school facilities. This report echoed the school facilities findings of the 2013 Report Card...
This Week in Infrastructure: Funding Conversations Get a Front Seat
Over the past few weeks, stories have been trickling out about the financial cliff the Highway Trust Fund is heading toward, with too few conversations about finding solutions, given the importance of the topic. This week that shifted. President Obama called attention to the Highway...
State Legislatures Continue to Charge Ahead with Transportation Investment
Lawmakers at the state level continue to seek transportation funding solutions. Already early in 2014, several state legislatures are considering proposals to increase revenue or dedicate more funds to transportation projects. While a proposal to increase New Mexico’s gas tax by 3-cents per gallon failed...
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