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FUND WILL NEED BAIL OUT IN 2010, AGC WARNS EXISTING REVENUE STREAMS REMAIN INSUFFICIENT FOR DEMANDS PLACED ON HIGHWAY TRUST FUND HOUSE JOBS BILL INCLUDES $27.5 BILLION BONUS FOR HIGHWAYS, SAFETEA-LU EXTENSION THROUGH SEPTEMBER BILL ALSO STABILIZES HIGHWAY TRUST FUND INDUSTRY MESSAGE TO OBAMA AND CONGRESS: TAKE ACTION NOW ON SIX-YEAR HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT BILL RADIO, INTERNET AND PRINT ADS ROLLED OUT FOR DEC. 3 WHITE HOUSE JOBS SUMMIT PDF OF FULL-PAGE AD ON LIFE SUPPORT, FEDERAL PROGRAM IS EXTENDED THROUGH DEC. 18 WORK CONTINUES ON SIX-MONTH EXTENSION, AND LONG-TERM REAUTHORIZATION THE AXE FALLS: FEDERAL HIGHWAY PROGRAM EXTENDED THROUGH OCT. 31 CONTINUING RESOLUTION REFLECTS $8.7 BILLION RECISSION OF FUNDS OBERSTAR FIGHTS FOR THREE-MONTH SAFETEA-LU EXTENSION BUT SENATE AND OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WANT 18-MONTH EXTENSION TO DEVELOP 'TRANSFORMATIONAL' [READ 'GREEN'] SURFACE TRANSPORTATION LEGISLATION GIVE IT BACK! FHWA RESCINDS $8.7 BILLION OF STATE HIGHWAY FUNDS, WAS OBLIGED BY LAW SENATE, HOUSE COMMITTEES AT ODDS ON SAFETEA-LU 18-MONTH EXTENSION SENATE, ADMINISTRATION WANT YEAR-AND-A-HALF EXTENSION PAST SEPT. 30 EXPIRATION IN MID-JUNE HOUSE COMMITTEE RELEASES SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION LEGISLATION BUT OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SEEKING REAUTHORIZATION THIS YEAR NEW DOT SEC'Y LaHOOD PLEADS FOR ENHANCED TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT LaHOOD FOCUSES ON TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, CONDITIONS AND PERFORMANCE, HIGHWAY TRUST FUND, AMERICAN RECOVERY & REINVESTMENT ACT [THE STIMULUS BILL] AND 2009 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION NATIONAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDS SCRAP OF FUEL TAX IN FAVOR OF VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED TAX OVER 10 YEARS COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDS SHORT-TERM 10 CENTS/GAL GAS TAX AND 15 CENTS/GAL DIESEL TAX INCREASES, WITH NEW PUBLIC-PRIVATE REVENUE STREAMS, EXPANDED TOLLING AND CONGESTION PRICING NATIONAL COMMISSION REPORT, RELEASED ON JAN. 15, 2008 ARTICLE ON NATIONAL COMMISSION BY TOM KUENNEN IN BETTER ROADS MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 2007 LESS THAN 3.5 PERCENT OF $789 BILLION HOUSE-SENATE CONFERENCE STIMULUS BILL IS DEVOTED TO HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES $27.5 BILLION FOR HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES IS FINAL FIGURE AFTER STIMULUS BILLS ARE RECONCILED FEB. 12; BILL WAS AGGRESSIVELY PROMOTED AS AN INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE LATE LAST YEAR AASHTO: STATES HAVE 5,000 PROJECTS READY TO GO ANTICIPATING INFRASTRUCTURE STIMULUS PACKAGE APPROVAL NEW: LET STATES, NOT SPECIAL INTERESTS, DECIDE WHICH PROJECTS ARE FUNDED, AASHTO URGES AASHTO DESCRIBES PROJECTS BY STATE ASPHALT INDUSTRY MAINTAINS IT'S THE SUSTAINABLE CHOICE FOR PACKAGE EXCLUSIVE: HALF-TRILLION DOLLAR REAUTHORIZATION DESCRIBED BY COMMITTEE CHAIR REP. JIM OBERSTAR HEAD OF HOUSE TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE OBERSTAR WANTS $450 BILLION TO $500 BILLION SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM OVER SIX YEARS INDUSTRY INTERESTS IMPLORE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO BOOST INFRASTRUCTURE EFFORTS PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF MAYORS PROMOTES WATER, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AT AUGUST NYC EVENT HIGH GAS PRICES, PLUNGE IN MILES DRIVEN, UNSOLVED FUNDING SHORTAGES, AND PROPOSED GREENHOUSE GAS LEGISLATION MAKE 'PERFECT STORM' FOR HIGHWAYS UPDATE JUNE 6: FAILURE OF CAP-AND-TRADE GREENHOUSE GAS LEGISLATION DOES NOT GET INDUSTRY OFF THE HOOK U.S. DOT REJECTS MAIN FINDINGS OF NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND REVENUE STUDY COMMITTEE AASHTO SUPPORTS PANEL'S 'BOLD AND GROUNDBREAKING' IDEAS, REAFFIRMATION OF FEDERAL ROLE AGC SECONDS NATIONAL COMMISSION REPORT FINDINGS, URGES CONGRESS TO CONSIDER PANEL'S RECOMMENDATION NATIONAL COMMISSION REPORT, RELEASED ON JAN. 15, 2008 ARTICLE ON NATIONAL COMMISSION BY TOM KUENNEN IN BETTER ROADS MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 2007 TOLLS, PRIVATE SECTOR MAY BUILD HALF OF NEW EXPRESSWAYS IN COMING DECADE BUT PUBLIC BACKLASH MAY HAMPER SHIFT, AND SYSTEM NEEDS STILL WON'T BE MET, SAYS AASHTO'S HORSLEY AT ARTBA PUBLIC-PRIVATE VENTURES CONFERENCE HORSLEY'S PPT PRESENTATION (PPT READER REQUIRED) KUDOS FOR KUENNEN'S PAVEMENT PRESERVATION PRESENTATION TO MINNESOTA DOT "KUENNEN'S PRESENTATION AT THE 11TH ANNUAL MINNESOTA PAVEMENT CONFERENCE -- TITLED 'HOT BUTTON ISSUES IN PAVEMENT PRESERVATION' -- WAS LIKE A STATE-OF-THE UNION ADDRESS ON PAVEMENT PRESERVATION" GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM! LEGISLATION WAS SIGNED BY EISENHOWER JUNE 29, 1956 AASHTO-SPONSORED CARAVAN RETRACES 1919 EISENHOWER TRIP -- IN REVERSE! RESOURCE LINKS FOR GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF INTERSTATE EXPRESSWAYSONLINE.COM'S KUENNEN WROTE INTERSTATE 50 210-PAGE COMMEMORATIVE PUBLICATION IN 2005, AFTER RECORD 12 EXTENSIONS, CONGRESS PASSES SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BILL BILL OBLIGATES $286.4 BILLION ASPHALT: CONCRETE: ROADS
AND
THE The nation's roadbuilders and their allies are pondering how
they will provide the roads and highways the nation will need to
maintain its
economy and help fight the new War on Terrorism. Now more than
ever,
we need to keep our highways and bridges secure, intact and in good
working order.
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HISTORY
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READ OUR ARTICLE ... on warm mix asphalt in TEXAS ASPHALT Magazine READ OUR ARTICLE ... on the economics of recycled construction materials for aggregate producers in ROCK PRODUCTS Magazine READ OUR ARTICLE . . . on Hot In-Place recycling of asphalt pavements of University Park, Tex., for Cutler Repaving Inc. . . . on Would 'Green' Movement Have Pulled TVA's Plug?,
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Greening
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ARCHIVED
NEWS
ARTICLES! BACKTRACK 2003: BACKTRACK 2002: ARTBA LAYS OUT PLAN
BACKTRACK 2002: LINES DRAWN IN TEA-21 REAUTHORIZATION! ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES SEEK 'MONUMENTAL' CHANGE IN U.S. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION POLICYOTHER ARCHIVED ARTICLES ON HIGHWAY POLICY!
INDUSTRY, LEGISLATORS HUSTLE April 2002 -- Back then it looked like the road construction
and maintenance industry would recover most of the surface
transportation funding cuts planned by the Bush administration for FY
2003, which begins Oct. 1. YEAR 2001 SEASON
September 2001 -- During the 2001 road work season, the
industry stepped up its war on work zone fatalities and injuries with
new efforts at the
national level, and among states as well FEDS, STATES AND PRIVATE SECTOR SCRAMBLE TO DELIVER PROJECTS July 2001 -- Transportation Secretary Mineta vows more
concrete is on way, as inadequate funding no longer main issue for
highway, airport work ATTACK ON FEDERAL GAS TAX RESUMES
AS CONGESTION May 2001 -- A suspension or
"holiday" in the collection of all or part of the federal gas tax --
even if temporary -- would endanger the highway industry's
attempts to reduce the backlog of U.S. highway infrastructure
construction needs.
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ARCHIVED
TECHNICAL
ARTICLES! ASPHALT
INDUSTRY May 2001 -- The
federal government isn't about to declare fumes from asphalt paving
operations to be carcinogenic. FHWA INCLUDES WORK ZONE MOBILITY IN NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE MAKING FOCUS ON DRIVER DEATHS IN WORK ZONE AWARENESS WEEKABANDONMENT OF THE RESTRICTED ZONE BY SUPERPAVE SPECS WILL MEAN BETTER MARKET FOR AGGREGATE GRADATIONS Superpave secret: Use right
roller . . . Foamed Asphalt makes inroads in Wisconsin . . .
Superpave restricted zone under fire . . . Ann Arbor conference in
Seattle report . . . High-Performance Concrete ... Click Here
For More Methods REFERENCE
AND
ARCHIVAL
MATERIAL! How Gore-Lieberman Win Would Have Impacted U.S. Fuel Taxes, Prices (October 2000) Will Lack of "Hard" Research Cause Don't Ignore the Soccer Moms and Dads PRIMER ON 1998 REAUTHORIZATION Here's a must-have background on 1998 Surface Transportation
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