Federal Highway & Transit Programs Due to Expire Next Week (AASHTO Journal)
Congress took no action this week to extend authorization of federal surface transportation programs, meaning only a week remains before highway and transit spending authority expires.
The last multiyear surface transportation authorization, a 2005 law known as “SAFETEA-LU,” expired Sept. 30. Congress has […]
States’ Use of Highway and Transit Funds and Efforts to Meet the Act’s Requirements (GAO Report)
Three-quarters of Recovery Act highway funds have been obligated, and reimbursements from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are increasing. As of November 16, 2009, $20.4 billion had been obligated for just over 8,800 highway projects nationwide and $4.2 billion had […]
Putting the Cart Before the Horse (Newsweek)
Could a transportation-based jobs stimulus stymie infrastructure reform?
When the Interstate 35 bridge between Minneapolis and St. Paul collapsed nearly two and a half years ago, killing 13 people, the unsexy issue of infrastructure maintenance seemed ready to have its political moment. The nation’s crumbling road system needed an […]
Study: N.C. economy to grow 2.8% next year (Charlotte Business Journal)
North Carolina’s economy is likely to grow 2.8 percent next year from the 2009 level, according to UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton.
Connaughton anticipates expansion in six of the state’s 11 economic sectors next year: construction; services; government; retail trade; finance, insurance and real estate; and […]
Pro-business Hoyle to leave N.C. Senate (The Charlotte Observer)
Wednesday’s decision by David Hoyle not to seek another term signals the loss of one of business’s strongest legislative allies and the continued shakeup of Democratic leadership in the state Senate.
“You are seeing a sea change in the philosophical balance of power in the Senate,” said John […]
Hoyle to retire (News and Observer)
State Sen. David Hoyle, one of the most powerful lawmakers in the Senate, plans to retire.
Hoyle, 70, a Gaston County Democrat who has been in the Senate for 18 years and is consistently placed near the top in effectiveness rankings of legislators, said he will finish his current term, […]
Summit meets to discuss states’ educational challenges (News Channel 14)
Charlotte-Leaders representing agencies from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia gathered Friday to discuss how to level the educational playing field. The summit, sponsored by the James Hunt Institute, included crime fighting groups, after school care givers and health care groups.
The groups all aim […]
U.S. CITIES SEE SHARP INCREASES IN THE NEED FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE; DECREASES IN INDIVIDUAL HOMELESSNESS (Press Release)
Mayors Issue Annual Report on Hunger, Homelessness in Cities
Washington, D.C. – In the last year, U.S. cities have seen the sharpest increase in the demand for hunger assistance since 1991, an increase in family homelessness and a decrease or […]
Ad campaign calls for action on highway bill (Pit & Quarr)
As President Obama prepared to hold a national jobs summit on Dec. 3, 28 national associations and labor groups of the Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) launched a new multi-media ad campaign calling on Congress and the administration to create thousands of long-term, sustainable American jobs […]
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 Logistics Task […]
