News ARTBA Statement on House Passage of Infrastructure Bill WASHINGTON—American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President & CEO Dave Bauer issued the following statement about House passage of the Moving Forward Act: “The nation’s economic recovery post-coronavirus would receive a huge long-term boost with the passage [...]
News ARTBA Issues Statement on House Committee Mark-up of “INVEST in America” Act WASHINGTON - The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee June 18 approved the “INVEST in America Act,” a surface transportation legislative proposal that calls for spending $494 billion over five-years to repair the nation’s roads, [...]
News ARTBA Foundation Hall of Fame Class: Two Highway Contractors, Former U.S. DOT Secretary & Engineering Family (WASHINGTON) – Peter Kiewit, Jim Peterson, Norm Mineta and the Roebling Family are the 2020 inductees into the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation’s Transportation Development Hall of Fame. [...]
News Federal Court’s Slap-Down of Proposed Workplace Mandate Helps Industry Protect Workers, ARTBA Says WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) is entitled to “considerable deference” in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a June 11 federal appeals court decision. The ruling assures that the [...]
News First-of-its-Kind Dashboard Tool Highlights Benefits of Federal Highway Investment National and state-by-state available: artbahighwaydashboard.org WASHINGTON – States leveraged $31 billion in federal funds to advance $66.5 billion in highway improvements during fiscal year (FY) 2018, according to an interactive tool that for the first time provides [...]
News Multi-Year Highway & Transit Bill an Elixir for Ailing U.S. Economy, ARTBA Chairman Tells Senate Committee WASHINGTON—A long-term federal transportation infrastructure investment bill will help drive the nation’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chairman Steve McGough said in [...]
News ARTBA Issues Statement on House “INVEST in America” Act WASHINGTON – The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee has released the “INVEST in America Act,” a surface transportation legislative proposal that calls for spending $494 billion over five-years to repair the nation’s roads, bridges, rail and public [...]
News Reject Effort to Force Universal COVID-19 Safety Standard on OSHA, ARTBA Tells Federal Court WASHINGTON – Requiring the federal government to impose a single, emergency standard for coping with COVID-19 is misguided because workers are better protected from the virus by construction industry best practices rather [...]
News ARTBA Foundation Announces Financial Assistance to 11 Children of Fallen Highway Workers (WASHINGTON) - Eleven children of highway workers who were killed or permanently disabled on the job will receive post-high school financial assistance for the 2020-21 school year from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation’s [...]