More Articles for Environment and Public Works Committee
Is this it? Or something like it?
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has released the full text of its surface transportation reauthorization bill. It's called MAP-21 (SAFETEA-LU it isn't), and of course, it's an acronym (they have people for this) -- Moving Ahead for Progress ... Read More...
Reauthorization — actual progress
Maybe, just maybe, we have some progress, maybe even some momentum.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has oh so recently announced its two-year surface transportation bill proposal, (see my blog post, "Is this it? Or something like it?" ... Read More...
Reauthorization — actual progress
Maybe, just maybe, we have some progress, maybe even some momentum.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has oh so recently announcing it's two-year surface transportation bill proposal, (see my blogs posts on this yesterday for full proposal details), ... Read More...
What? Another extension? Really?
This will surprise no one.
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Ca), chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works committee and therefore the key senator in any reauthorization legislation process, is setting up another extension for dear old SAFETEA-LU.
Boxer said she will schedule ... Read More...
Financial District
Let’s Just Call it Half a Loaf
Reauthorization funding is uncertain, but reform looks good
By John Latta
Detailed proposals for a new surface transportation bill have finally surfaced, and two keys factors have dominated their presentation. It’s about funds, and it’s about ... Read More...
RoadWorks
Going up?
Fuel tax hike opponents now have fewer places to hide.
By John Latta, Tina Grady Barbaccia and Mike Anderson
The pressure on Congress to raise fuel taxes has just been increased.
A preliminary report by the co-chairs of the President’s deficit commission, ... Read More...
Financial District
Stuck in traffic
Delayed reauthorization costs keep adding up with no relief in sight
By John Latta
Traffic congestion and the delays it causes are costing the nation’s construction firms an estimated $23 billion each year, according to a new analysis by the ... Read More...
