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Schuster: Obama will sign transportation bill by Fall
May 15, 2012
Congress member Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), chair of the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, & Hazardous Materials, predicts President Barack Obama will sign a transportation bill — with a ...
Good news, bad news on construction employment front
May 07, 2012
The construction industry lost 2,000 jobs in April, following similar declines of 3,000 in March and 1,000 in February, but still added 63,000 jobs over the past year as the ...
Nonresidential construction spending down for third consecutive month
May 02, 2012
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reports that total nonresidential construction spending fell for the third month in a row, declining 0.2 percent in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate ...
Federal court rules against EPA in wetlands case, calling agency’s actions ‘illogical, impractical’
April 23, 2012
A federal court has ruled against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) saying the agency overstepped its authority by revoking a valid wetlands permit from a West Virginia mining operation.
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Federal court rules against EPA in wetlands case, calling agency’s actions ‘illogical, impractical’
March 27, 2012
A federal court has ruled against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) saying the agency overstepped its authority by revoking a valid wetlands permit from a West Virginia mining operation.
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FHWA: Be innovative with state highway federal funding
March 05, 2012
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) began accepting proposals by California and Vermont to explore innovative ways of using federal funds to cover certain indirect costs of managing highway projects, Federal ...
TRIP report: U.S. transportation system insufficent to meet mobility, safety needs of older drivers
February 22, 2012
The details: T&I Committee approves American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act
February 03, 2012
The Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee today approved the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act jobs legislation to reauthorize and reform federal surface transportation programs and rebuild the nation’s ...
House to mark up $260 billion transportation bill
January 30, 2012
Three House of Representatives committees will mark up this week a five-year, $260 billion highway and transit reauthorization bill, according to an American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ...
Wetlands case in U.S. Supreme Court; case addresses ‘fundamental problem’
January 09, 2012
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and other stakeholders are urging the U. S. Supreme Court to suspend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) seemingly automatic presumption of ...
SNEAK PEEK: ‘Another Testing 12 Months,’ reveals Better Roads’ exclusive 2012 Forecast
January 03, 2012
For the full forecast and analysis from Better Roads Editor-in-Chief John Latta, see the January 2012 print edition of Better Roads.
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