Budget reform panel recommends tightening control on liquor boards (News and Observer)
Gov. Bev Perdue’s budget reform commission on Wednesday recommended tightening the state control and regulation on local liquor stores.
The panel voted to send Perdue a set of proposals that would make major shifts in how Alcoholic Beverage Control Boards operate, Mark Johnson reports. […]
Hundreds say now is time to invest in Michigan roads (Detroit Free Press)
Rally promotes reforming transportation funding
Hundreds of skilled trades workers, road industry groups and local government officials gathered at the Capitol this morning to rally the Legislature to overhaul transportation funding in Michigan as the state faces a huge drop in funding starting in […]
Perdue wants to get state moving (News and Observer)
Gov. Bev Perdue’s topic Tuesday was like the 1987 movie: “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” — or how to move people and goods around more efficiently.
So the governor showed up at a football field-size warehouse near Raleigh-Durham Airport, to sign an executive order creating The Governor’s […]
Official: $3 billion needed for Pennsylvania roads (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania has 7,000 miles of roads in “poor” condition, 5,600 “structurally deficient” bridges and insufficient financial resources to fix them, state Transportation Secretary Allen Biehler said yesterday.
“It is just not acceptable,” Biehler told the House Republican Policy Committee.
Yet, the portion of […]
U.S. DOT Releases Guide to Programs That Promote Sustainable Communities (AASHTO)
The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a reference guide this week that identifies resources for promoting livable and sustainable communities.
U.S. DOT released the guide in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The document, […]
Criteria Published for Second Round of TIGER Grants (AASHTO)
Applicants for the Fiscal Year 2010 Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery grant program will need to show “long-term outcomes” and “job creation and economic stimulus” for any projects they are proposing, according to draft criteria released Monday by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Also to be […]
At the 2010 Winter Meeting the Metro Mayors Board of Directors shared their efforts to ensure an accurate Census count. The Coalition compiled this report on their activities.
At their 2010 Winter Meeting the Metro Mayors Board of Directors spent time sharing their city’s after school program efforts. The Metro Mayors Coalition compiled this report on member city’s after school programs.
The NC Department of Transportation unveiled their legislative agenda for the 2010 Short Session which includes a couple of items of interest to cities. I have posted all three draft bill below by the draft title, but pay special attention to DOT Powers and Duties Changes. So far I am hearing positive feedback from transportation […]
LaHood: Cooperation key to winning transportation funds (Winston Salem Journal)
Triad area planners need to act with a more unified voice if they expect to successfully compete for limited federal transportation funds, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said during an appearance in Greensboro Wednesday.
LaHood said people in the various planning organizations in the Triad […]
