States will have the ability to use their unspent earmarked highway funds, some of which are nearly 10 years old, on any eligible highway transit passenger rail or port project.
Reauthorization of the federal highway and transit programs has been overdue since September of 2009.
Highway and transit builders have a strong reason to want to focus on needs rather than receipts.
States have long been required by federal law to contribute 20% of the cost of highway and transit projects funded by the federal government.
Take the reauthorization of the 2005 law on highway and transit spending, which stirred up interest in publicly held heavy equipment, engineering and construction materials companies.
They complained that it is unfair for their states to pay more in federal gas taxes than they get back from Washington for highway and transit construction projects.
This bill should maintain - or preferably increase - current levels of funding, provide strong federal leadership for national transportation priorities, protect current assets and expand system capacity, retain the user fee principle for federal highway and transit financing, and expedite the process of transportation project review and approval.
But power outages and highway closures paralyzed the city as its transit network was shut down.
This would put a stop to highway construction, bridge repair, mass transit systems and other important projects that keep our country moving quickly and safely.
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This provides funding for highway construction, bridge repair, mass transit systems, and other essential projects that keep our people and our commerce moving quickly and safely.
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The pollution has turned so bad that more than 100 Utah doctors called Wednesday on authorities to immediately lower highway speed limits, curb industrial activity and make mass transit free for the rest of winter.
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