by Quintin McClellan | Jul 12, 2019 | Connecticut, Latest News, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, States, Wisconsin
In Manchester, Connecticut, town board approval of an $18 million bond hinges on how the public works director prioritizes improvements to arterial roads, side streets, sidewalks, and other infrastructure vying for funding. Read More>> ...
by Quintin McClellan | Jun 6, 2019 | Connecticut, Latest News, Oregon, States, Wisconsin
Despite a 2017 $5.3 billion increase to the state’s highway system over 10 years, 20 percent of Oregon bridges are at risk of becoming structurally deficient in several years. Oregon earned a C- from the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2019 evaluation,...
by Quintin McClellan | May 3, 2019 | Latest News, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
The Pennsylvania Turnpike April 30 announced it is nearly $11 billion in debt and faces a catastrophic funding crisis if it continues payments to the Pennsylvania Transportation Department (PennDOT). The Turnpike has borrowed almost $1 billion every year,...
by Quintin McClellan | Mar 29, 2019 | Alabama, Illinois, Latest News, States, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ (D) proposed transportation investment plan would generate an additional $608 million over two years, $527 million of which would come from raising the gas tax and the remainder would come from fees on heavy trucks, hybrid vehicles,...
by Quintin McClellan | Mar 21, 2019 | Colorado, Connecticut, Latest News, Michigan, Pennsylvania, States, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Colorado faces a $9 billion transportation project backlog due to competing legislative priorities and conflicting budget forecasts. Lawmakers provided a $2.5 billion boost for transportation over the past two sessions. Now, the best funding prospect is to hope...
by Quintin McClellan | Mar 8, 2019 | Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Latest News, Missouri, New York, States, Wisconsin
Connecticut’s newly introduced SB 70 aims to create a state infrastructure bank to fund infrastructure improvements by financing a loan program. State Sen. Alex Bergstein (D) , who also introduced SB 102 – a separate bill that implements electronic tolls...
