Greenville News editorial: S.C. needs to fund road upgrades (S.C. Greenville Online)
At perhaps the worst possible time, improving and maintaining South Carolina’s disproportionately high volume of state-maintained roads is emerging as a top priority for the state. Lawmakers and other state leaders need to work diligently toward finding a solution — our state’s economic strength […]
House, Senate pass transportation bill (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Breaking a legislative traffic jam that has endured for more than three years, the Georgia General Assembly on Wednesday voted to allow referendums throughout the state on transportation funding.
Taking to the well for the first time this session, Speaker David Ralston in a rousing speech led the Georgia […]
The President’s FY2011 Proposed Transportation Budget
Money for Roads not Reducing Unemployment (Associated Press)
AP Report: No Tangible Impact on Jobless from Government Stimulus Funds for Rebuilding Roads and Bridges
Ten months into President Barack Obama’s first economic stimulus plan, a surge in spending on roads and bridges has had no effect on local unemployment and only barely helped the beleaguered construction industry, […]
Money top concern in road swap idea (New Orleans City Business)
Transportation official wants local governments to take over 5,000 miles of state highways
Louisiana’s 16,687 miles of state-owned roads are a “giant yoke hung around the neck of the state DOT that is weighing us down,” says Eric Kalivoda, assistant secretary for the Louisiana Department of […]
