U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito Receives ARTBA’s Highest Honor

Recognized for Decades of Leadership Shaping Federal Transportation Policy

(WASHINGTON, D.C.)—Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee Chairman Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) May 8 received the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) highest honor for her leadership and bipartisan efforts to advance transportation infrastructure investment and policy.

Established in 1960, the ARTBA Award recognizes outstanding contributions that have advanced the broad goals of the association. Recipients have included governors, more than 25 U.S. senators or representatives, two U.S. secretaries of transportation, and dozens of top leaders and executives from government and the transportation construction industry private sector.

During her 24 years in Congress, Sen. Capito has been an ardent champion of increased federal funding and streamlining the permitting process to accelerate the delivery of transportation improvements.

In 2021, she played a pivotal role in crafting a five-year, $450 billion highway and public transit reauthorization bill, the largest surface transportation investment increase in 65 years. She worked to build support for final passage from her Senate colleagues. The measure became the centerpiece of the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA), the November 2021 enacted infrastructure law.

Sen. Capito remains a leading voice to ensure the law is implemented as intended by Congress, and she is currently working to develop the next highway and public transit bill, due by Oct. 1, 2026.

Created in 1902, ARTBA brings together all facets of the transportation construction industry to responsibly advocate for infrastructure investment and policy that meet the nation’s need for the safe and efficient movement of people and goods. ARTBA also provides value-added programs and services that create an environment where our members thrive in a competitive world.

Pictured above: Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) was presented the ARTBA Award – the association’s highest honor – during a Capitol Hill visit May 8. She is flanked by (from left): Jason Pizatella (Contractors Association of West Virginia), ARTBA Chair Jeff Nelson (David Nelson Construction), ARTBA First Vice Chair Tom O’Grady (HNTB), and ARTBA President Dave Bauer.