While Colorado state lawmakers agree that increasing transportation funding is a priority in 2017, Democrats and Republicans have conflicting views on how to accomplish it. Colorado Senate president-elect Kevin Grantham (R- Canon City) [...]
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation 2017-2019 budget proposal released Sept. 15 includes a $447.4 million cut from state highway programs, which would delay several major highway construction projects throughout the state, and an [...]
The Iowa Department of Transportation announced a $3.5 billion plan May 11 to improve roadway safety. The plan must be approved by the state transportation commission before implementation. Last year, Iowa increased the [...]
By Eileen Houlihan, senior writer/editor ARTBA The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) says it is delaying $553 million in road projects scheduled for fiscal years 2017 through 2019 unless existing state highway funds [...]
Proposed legislation in Oklahoma would cut the state Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) funding by almost $60 million per year, unless state revenue grows by at least 4 percent. ODOT spokeswoman Terri Angier stated [...]
Officials in 14 states have said that their transportation programs will be impacted if Congress does not take action soon to fix the ailing Highway Trust Fund (HTF). Four of those states have [...]
(WASHINGTON)— An analysis of the recently-released 2014 U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) National Bridge Inventory database finds good news and bad news when it comes to the most heavily traveled U.S. bridges. The [...]
(WASHINGTON)—Four states have canceled or delayed $780 million in transportation improvement projects and another nine say over $1.8 billion are at risk because of continued uncertainty over whether Congress will take action soon [...]
Governor Paul LePage (R) announced January 12 a plan to invest $2 billion into the state’s transportation infrastructure over the next three years. The “Work Plan,” as it is called, proposes an estimated [...]
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WDOT) Nov. 14 submitted a budget request calling for a two-year, $751.4 million increase in transportation funding from new fees and taxes, and for feasibility studies on state [...]
