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$4 Billion in State Bond Issues Up in General Election November 6

October 10, 2012 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

That $4 billion dollar figure is up from the $1.9 billion in infrastructure bonds that were on the ballot just 2 years ago according to the National Conference of State Legislators.  From transportation bonds in Alaska to a dam repair initiative in Hawaii to a...

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Tags: infrastructure, transportation

New Mexico Releases New State Infrastructure Report Card

October 1, 2012 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

On September 21, the New Mexico Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers released the 2012 Report Card for New Mexico’s Infrastructure(Report Card).  In its newest report, the New Mexico Section graded the state’s infrastructure a C overall, with aviation, rail, road, and solid...

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Tags: economics, infrastructure, infrastructure report card, state report cards

Senate Passes Temporary Spending Bill

September 26, 2012 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

Early last Sunday, the Senate voted to pass a continuing resolution (CR) that funds the government for the first half of Fiscal Year 2013, which begins October 1.  The bill expires March 27, 2013 and will provide $1.047 trillion in discretionary spending, which matches the...

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Tags: congress, economics, highway trust fund, transportation

Check Out Our New "Failure to Act" Economic Report!

September 17, 2012 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

Last Thursday, ASCE released its latest “Failure to Act” report on the economic impact of underinvestment in America’s infrastructure. In the report, we’ve projected a significant gap between planned investment and spending needs for the nation’s airports, marine ports, and inland waterways. With ports and...

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Tags: congress, infrastructure, ports, sustainability, water infrastructure

Congressional Budget Office Shows Concern for HTF

September 4, 2012 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts both accounts of the Highway Trust Fund will go broke sometime in FY 2015 unless Congress acts to shore up the fund that pays for surface transportation projects. According to a CBO chart obtained, the highway account will end...

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Tags: congress, congressional budget office, economics, highway trust fund, roads, transportation

ASCE Makes The Case For Infrastructure at NCSL

August 15, 2012 | By: America's Infrastructure Report Card

Legislators from around the country gather every year at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Legislative Summit to talk about policies that work in the real world. State legislators are literally hunting for ideas they can bring home to their communities to help them...

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Tags: economics, failure to act, infrastructure, infrastructure report card, transportation