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ASCE Testifies Before Senate EPW

September 26, 2013 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

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...

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Tags: congress, transportation

State Leaders KEEP looking at transportation funding solutions

September 20, 2013 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

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...

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Tags: infrastructure, infrastructure report card, transportation

WRRDA Clears First Hurdle

September 19, 2013 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

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...

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Tags: congress, transportation, water infrastructure

WRRDA Up!

September 11, 2013 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

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...

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Tags: congress, dams, transportation

They’re Back

September 10, 2013 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

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...

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Tags: congress, highway trust fund, infrastructure, national science foundation

FutureStructure – Looking at the Future of Infrastructure and Us

September 6, 2013 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

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...

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Tags: infrastructure report card, transportation, water infrastructure