Category: Legislative Updates

Optimism as Infrastructure Bills Take Shape

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by LICA-National
Enjoying the opportunity to meet informally face to face with highway industry lobbyists, the general discussion was optimistic that some form of infrastructure legislation will be passed this year. Republicans leadership on key committees are participating in drafting smaller, more targeted bills aimed at traditional infrastructure projects such as highway and bridges.

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President and Cabinet Members Call for Historic Infrastructure Investment

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To support “the fastest pace of economic growth in this country in nearly four decades” and help America compete better against “China and other countries to win the 21st Century,” President Joe Biden re-emphasized his call for beefed up infrastructure investments.

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State DOTs Offer Federal Funding Solutions

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State highway officials shared their views this week with a Senate committee reviewing funding options for long term highway and bridge investment.  State officials noted that there has been no increase in the federal gasoline tax of 18.4 cents per gallon since 1993. Alongside improvements over the last few decades in fuel efficiency, increased use of alternative fuel vehicles, the loss of fuel tax purchasing power, and the ever-growing costs of maintaining the nation’s transportation network, “there is recognition that our current funding model is not sustainable” to keep pace with long-term system needs.

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