Tag: infrastructure

June 21, 2021

President Joe Biden still sees sticking points in a draft bipartisan Senate infrastructure plan, as top aides warned June 21 that they continue to explore other legislative pathways and will not support certain tax increases as part of a final […]

June 11, 2021

A bipartisan group of senators is eyeing an infrastructure deal with $579 billion in new spending as negotiators try to strike a nearly $1 trillion deal on President Joe Biden’s top priority, according to those briefed on the plan. The […]

June 7, 2021

The Democratic leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives plans to make good on its pledge to pass some type of an infrastructure bill by July 4. And the path toward that goal runs through the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. […]

June 1, 2021

President Joe Biden is set to meet June 2 with West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the top Republican negotiator on infrastructure as the administration signals time is running out to strike a bipartisan deal on the White House’s big […]

May 17, 2021

Legislation to help localities gain access to funding for infrastructure projects was recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. Under the Helping Communities Invest in Infrastructure Act, sponsored by Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.), emphasis on localities would be enhanced […]

May 17, 2021

With infrastructure policy negotiations between the White House and Capitol Hill expected to intensify over the coming weeks, the transportation community is sounding increasingly optimistic about the prospects of the sides reaching a legislative compromise before the end of the […]

May 12, 2021

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is participating in United for Infrastructure Week now through Friday. United for Infrastructure Week highlights the need for prioritizing crucial investments in our nation’s infrastructure. It is aimed at the public and […]

April 14, 2021

Utah Republican Mitt Romney said April 14 a group of senators is in the “early stages” of discussing a potential counterproposal to President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure and spending plan that would be more narrowly focused and less expensive. […]

April 12, 2021

The Biden White House is amplifying the push for its $2.25 trillion infrastructure package with the release of state-by-state breakdowns that show the dire shape of roads, bridges, the power grid and housing affordability. The figures in the state summaries, […]

April 6, 2021

U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rick Larsen (D-WA), chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation, called on the U.S. Department of Transportation Friday to deny Norse Atlantic Airways a foreign air […]

April 5, 2021

Biden administration officials continued to pitch the president’s $2.5 trillion infrastructure plan on the Sunday morning news shows, where they were repeatedly challenged over the plan’s broad scope. Fox News’ Chris Wallace and White House National Economic Council Director Brian […]

April 5, 2021

Commercial truck driver jobs are forecast to make some of the biggest gains if the Biden administration’s infrastructure package can get through Congress without major revisions, according to a report analyzing the plan. The report, by Georgetown University Center on […]

April 2, 2021

President Biden on Wednesday announced a more than $2 trillion jobs-creating infrastructure proposal which the administration says will add millions of jobs and position the United States to out-compete China. “It’s a once-in-a-generation investment in America, unlike anything we’ve seen […]

April 1, 2021

President Joe Biden said he had directed five of his Cabinet members, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, to help advance his plan to spend $2.25 trillion on infrastructure and other priorities. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, […]

March 30, 2021

A bill designed to facilitate access to parking around the country for commercial vehicles was recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act aims to ameliorate a shortage of available parking nationwide. For years, […]

March 29, 2021

President Joe Biden will lay out the first part of his multitrillion-dollar economic recovery package this week, focusing on rebuilding roads, bridges and other infrastructure, followed by a separate plan later in April addressing child and health care. White House […]

March 25, 2021

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is warning that the country’s infrastructure needs exceed $1 trillion and that other countries, namely China, are pulling ahead of the U.S. with their public works investments, a scenario he describes as “a threat to our […]

March 23, 2021

President Joe Biden is betting that a multitrillion-dollar economic plan centered around infrastructure spending will do more than bolster an American economy hammered by the coronavirus pandemic: It will ensure his country’s competitiveness against China for decades to come. “If […]

March 11, 2021

Candidate Joe Biden rode into the White House promising to build back the economy after the devastation of COVID-19 with cleaner energy and a lower carbon footprint. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that President Biden signed into law March […]

March 8, 2021

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation recently distributed grants to support infrastructure improvements near two manufacturing facilities in the Milwaukee area. WisDOT issued two Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) grants totaling about $1.7 million to support Komatsu Mining Corp.’s new manufacturing facility […]