US Industry Groups Urge Multi-Year Highway-Spending Bill (NASDAQ.com)
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- A consortium of asphalt and concrete industry groups are urging Congress to pass a new transportation bill soon because states won’t commit to highway construction without a long-term federal spending plan.
In a letter sent to federal lawmakers Wednesday, the consortium asked Congress to enact […]
Sens. Boxer, Inhofe make push for short-term transportation bill extension (The Hill)
Two senators at odds on climate legislation are joining forces to push for a short-term extension of the highway bill.
“One of the best ways to spur job creation and economic recovery is through infrastructure investment,” Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the […]
Spontaneity of innovation, meet govt (News and Observer)
The creative and instinctive nature of innovation will now be channeled through, yes, a government agency.
Gov. Bev Perdue, by executive order, established the state’s first Innovation Council on Monday. The group’s mission is to: coordinate public and private investment to promote innovation, help move ideas faster from the […]
NCDOT Sec. Conti Writes about the Charlotte Loop Impact on the Triangle Expressway
Dear Mayor Weatherly:
Your questions to Ed Johnson of CAMPO about the I-485 project in Charlotte came to my attention. I would like to offer some perspective on your comparison to the Triangle Expressway.
The two projects are similar in that they both reflect […]
Western North Carolina train plans take back seat (Asheville Citizen Times)
A long-stalled plan to bring passenger trains to Asheville could inch forward in the next few months, but it lags other rail projects as a top state priority.
Faster train rides through major population centers will stay at the top of state officials’ wish list.
North Carolina […]
Dutch drivers to pay tax on road time, not on car (AP)
AMSTERDAM — The Dutch government plans to bring the polluter-pays principle into the home garage.
Rather than an annual road tax for their cars, drivers will soon pay a few cents for every kilometer (mile) on the road, in a plan aimed at breaking chronic […]
GOV. PERDUE NAMES BOARD OF TRANSPORATION MEMBERS (Press Release)
RALEIGH – Gov. Perdue today announced appointees to the Board of Transportation. Sam Halsey, David Burns, Gary Ciccone and Ronnie Wall were appointed, and Stan White was reappointed to the board.
Sam Halsey of Jefferson is the owner and broker in charge at Halsey Realty […]
EL PASO — Texans may have to pay more at the gas pump if they want new state highways.
Members of the Texas Senate’s Transportation Committee said Tuesday that an increase in the 20-cents-per-gallon state fuel tax may be necessary to overcome a drastic shortage of money for new roads.
“We are in the critical […]
WV Congressman Vows To Keep the Federal Formula that Makes NC a Donor State
Extension of federal road dollars beat stimulus, Rahall insists (Register Herald)
A six-year extension of the federal highway account trumps any second stimulus package that is making the rumor mill on Capitol Hill these days, Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., maintained Tuesday during a […]
Lawmakers return to NC capital to talk sales tax (AP) (Presentations Attached)
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina lawmakers returned Tuesday to resume conversations on overhauling the state’s tax system as soon as next spring after House and Senate Democrats couldn’t agree on a plan before the Legislature adjourned in August.
A joint House-Senate finance committee held the […]
