But ARTBA seems to be having little trouble persuading Congress of the need to adjust the TEA-21 paradigm.

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But in 1999, just a year after TEA-21 went into effect, the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) began preparing for their next offensive.

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We'll keep our eye on ARTBA as it presses its case.

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Last week, ARTBA, along with the Associated General Contractors of America, held a legislative "fly-in": 500 people signed up, representing 28 construction and building associations and union groups.

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So says Peter Ruane, chief executive of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), as he unveils a 70-page plan for updating legislation on federal surface transportation spending.

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In 2003, ARTBA pushed a gas tax increase.

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While it defends its turf on highway funding, ARTBA also is also pushing a proposal for a "critical commerce corridors" program, a long-term initiative focused on breaking up bottlenecks, widening roads, expanding access routes to airports and seaports and other projects related to freight movement.

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