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February 2013 Update from the Ports-to-Plains Alliance
The Ports-to-Plains Alliance is a non-profit advocacy group representing a 9-state, 2,300+ mile transportation corridor between Texas and Canada. It seeks to upgrade and modernize existing 2-lane highways that are inadequate for current and future needs. Improving the transportation network would boost safety, efficiency, energy development, and economic growth in America's agricultural and energy heartland. However, long-term funding is needed to address the Highway Trust Fund shortfall and preserve the national surface transportation system.
7/9/2014 Highway Trust Fund Crisis
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Rules Change Letter_122810
The letter objects to a provision in the draft House rules package that would remove the requirement for all Highway Trust Fund revenues to be used annually for transportation infrastructure investment. This would undermine the user-financed basis of the fund and subject transportation spending to the appropriations process, injecting uncertainty. At a time when transportation construction is suffering from lack of a long-term authorization and state budget challenges, this procedural change would cut investment and jobs rather than enact a robust, multi-year reauthorization as the focus of Congress should be. The letter urges reconsideration of the proposed rules change.
Looming Highway Trust Fund Crisis: Impact on State Transportation Programs
The document discusses how a shortfall in the federal Highway Trust Fund could impact state transportation programs and construction projects. It provides examples from several states (Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa) that describe how projects may be delayed or canceled if federal funding is uncertain or reduced. State transportation officials express concern about the funding crisis and uncertainty surrounding the Highway Trust Fund.
Disadvantages Of Rail Industry
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