Thu June 09, 2016
Feds Sign Updated $2.5B High-Speed Rail Agreement
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Federal transportation authorities have signed an updated grant agreement with California reflecting the delayed timeline for building the state's $64 billion high-speed rail project....
BobCaina Calvan - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed June 08, 2016
Infrastructure Looms as Defining Issue in Races
HELENA, Mont. (AP) At the end of the last legislative session, Montana Rep. Scott Staffanson pleaded for the House to reconsider a contentious infrastructure bill that failed by a single vote. That one vote is weighing heavily on Staffanson as he fends off a challenge in the June 7 primary by fellow Republican Joel Krautter, a Sidney attorney who is hitting Steffanson hard for joining other conservatives in blocking a $150 million infrastructure package that sought to pay for roads, bridges and antiquated sewer systems....
Wed June 08, 2016
Kentucky to Delay Start of New Road Projects
The Lexington Herald Leader is reporting that state Transportation Secretary Greg Thomas said Tuesday Kentucky will slow or delay the starts of new road projects to shore up the ailing Road Fund. Thomas told the Interim Joint Committee on Transportation that the transportation cabinet has a “Pause-50” plan to restore funding to normal operating levels....
Jeffrey Collins - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon June 06, 2016
House OKs $2B Road Bill in S.C.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) A bill that would borrow $2 billion to fix major highways and bridges in South Carolina may have only a short distance left to go. The House voted 102-3 May 24 to give key approval to a combined bill with both the extra money for roads and a change in the commission that runs the state Department of Transportation....
Thu June 02, 2016
Obama to Ask Fed Contractors to Disclose Information on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The Hill is reporting that the Obama administration is preparing to ask federal contracts to disclose more information about how they track their greenhouse gas emissions. The White House's Federal Acquisition Regulation Council proposed a new rule Wednesday that would ask federal government contractors to report on a host of greenhouse gas considerations....
Wed June 01, 2016
Md. Gov. Hogan Announces $23.8M to Rehabilitate Salisbury Bypass Bridges
Gov. Larry Hogan announced a $23.8 million investment to rehabilitate 11 bridges between U.S. 13 Business and Parker Pond, south of U.S. 50. Once complete, these projects will improve safety, increase the life span of the bridges and allow heavy loads to travel on the eastern half of the Salisbury Bypass (U.S....
Wed June 01, 2016
San Diego Considers Prop. H
The San Diego Tribune is reporting that San Diego voters must decide June 7 whether the best way to upgrade the city's crumbling infrastructure is Proposition H, which would devote an estimated $3 billion in future sales tax growth and pension savings to the problem....
Tue May 31, 2016
Senate Introduces Concurrent Resolution Opposing Federal Excise Tax Increases
Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 40 (S.Con.Res.40), expressing opposition toward increasing the 12-percent Federal Excise Tax (FET) on heavy trucks and truck bodies. Last year, House Representatives Reid Ribble (R-Wis.) and Tim Walz (D-Minn.) introduced companion legislation, H.Con.Res.33....
Tue May 31, 2016
Senate Approves DERA Reauthorization
Global Trade Mag is reporting that The United States Senate's Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee approved a standalone, five-year reauthorization of the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) last week....
David Klepper - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue May 31, 2016
Some Worry Cuomo's New N.Y. Agency a Power Grab
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Gov. Andrew Cuomo pitched a new big-projects agency as a way to help smooth the way for massive state construction like the planned $29 billion mass transit overhaul in New York City, but critics worry about a power grab by the famously hands-on leader....
