investment

Senate Commerce Examines America’s Infrastructure Needs

February 15, 2019By. Joe Brady

On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation examined the opportunities for infrastructure improvement, including federal funding, financing programs, and permitting and regulatory streamlining at a hearing entitled, “America’s Infrastructure Needs: Keeping Pace with a Growing Economy.” The testimony the witnesses provided before the full committee hearing focused on the committee’s role......

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Tags: #infrastructurematters, #infrastructurenow #infrastructurein2019 #9dollarsaday, infrastructure investment, investment, ports, rail transportation, surface transportation, technology, transportation

ASCE Supports Public Financing Tools to Fund Key Infrastructure Projects

January 31, 2019By. Joe Brady

This month, the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), an ASCE coalition partner and lead of the Public Finance Network (PFN), released a report entitled, “Understanding Financing Options Used for Public Infrastructure.” For well over a century, state and local governments and public entities across our nation have used tax-exempt bonds as a means to provide......

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Tags: bonds, financing, infrastructure, infrastructure investment, investment, P3s, public-private partnership

New Report Affirms Higher Gas Tax is Needed to Restore Our Interstates

December 07, 2018By. Alexa Lopez

On Thursday, December 6, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Committee for a Study of the Future Interstate Highway System, and the Transportation Research Board (TRB) released a congressionally mandated report, “Renewing the National Commitment to the Interstate Highway System: A Foundation for the Future.” Norman R. Augustine, formerly of Lockheed Martin Corporation,......

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Tags: #fixthetrustfund, congress, infrastructure, interstate highway system, investment, roads, transportation, travel

New Report Explores Planning for America’s Water Infrastructure Needs

July 13, 2018By. Dylan Hunt

Leaders in the water infrastructure industry, in association with The Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University, released a report titled “Planning for America’s Water Infrastructure Need,” which focuses on shared interests and challenges likely to face water infrastructure in the future. The report came out of a workshop held in February that......

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Tags: Drinking Water, investment, leadership

States Wrap Up Legislative Sessions For 2018

June 07, 2018By. ASCE Staff

As state legislatures across the country are wrapping up their sessions for 2018, lawmakers in several states acted this year to make investments to address their states’ infrastructure needs. In Colorado, Governor John Hickenlooper (D) signed a major bill to fund transportation infrastructure projects. The legislation calls for periodic transfers from the state’s general fund......

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Tags: bridge, bridges, Colorado, Connecticut, infrastructure investment, investment, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, oklahoma, Pennsylvania, rail, rail transportation

New Report Helps State Legislators Better Understand P3s

August 08, 2017By. Becky Moylan

Public-private partnerships (P3s) are increasingly becoming a recognized and tapped tool in the toolbox to fund infrastructure investments. While the early adopter states have many P3 ventures under their belts, others are still navigating the process of how to structure an effective P3. To help further the conversation, the National Conference of State Legislatures released......

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Tags: Funding, infrastructure investment, investment, public-private partnership, states