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ARTBA, Construction Industry Allies Develop COVID-19 Guidance Materials

American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)

ARTBA provides safety tips for contractors performing essential construction activities.

Transport Construction Takes Steps to Ensure Worker Safety as Coronavirus Impacts Felt

American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)

Transportation design and construction projects continue in most states but ARTBA survey says contractors are feeling scheduling challenges and changing they way they work

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NAPA Offers Insights into 2020 Asphalt Pavement Market

NAPA webinar anticipates a strong asphalt pavement market in 2020 but recognizes the potential impact of the coronavirus

Because federal highway funding for 2019 wasn’t released until February 2019 -- late to get many projects started -- and because 2020 funding was allocated last December, 2020 could be fueled by two years’ worth of funding.

How Is the Road Building Industry Coping with Coronavirus?

With some states stopping work and others losing substantial gas tax revenue due to the Coronavirus, how can the road building industry combat the effects of the pandemic?

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[VIDEO] NAPA Starts Workforce Development Committee

National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)

Richard Willis from NAPA talks about the association's workforce development committee, which it started in 2019.

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$1 Billion in BUILD Grants Announced for Infrastructure Upgrades

BUILD Transportation grants for surface transportation infrastructure will be awarded to projects that will have a significant local or regional impact

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Trump Talks Infrastructure in FY2021 Budget Plan

The President pledges $1T for infrastructure and hopes to “work with Congress” to find the necessary revenues to pay for Highway Trust Fund portion of the plan

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NAPA Announces 2020 Leadership, Award Winners at Annual Meeting

National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)

Jay Winford, Prairie Contractors Inc., will lead the National Asphalt Pavement Association(NAPA) as Chairman for 2020 and will focus on asphalt engineering. Plus more news from the 2020 annual meeting in Maui.

Preferred Materials Inc., A CRH Co., of Jacksonville, FL is the winner of the 2019 Ray Brown Airport Pavement Award for excellence in construction of an asphalt pavement for the company’s work at Jacksonville’s Herlong Recreational Airport (HEG).

Politicians Understand Need for Infrastructure Investment

The separate release of infrastructure principles from members of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee is the latest reminder that improving America’s transportation infrastructure network remains an area for common ground bipartisanship

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Infrastructure Legislation Expected, Despite Impeachment Proceedings

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Jan. 16 announced Democrats will unveil infrastructure legislation when the chamber returns from its Martin Luther King Jr. Day recess the week of Jan. 27

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ARTBA: Environmental Reforms Will Spur Transportation Infrastructure Improvements

American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)

Association says proposed environmental policy reforms will reduce delays to transportation improvement projects and maintain environmental safeguards

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FY 2020 Budget Gives Funding Certainty for Road Building

The package fully funds the FAST Act’s $1.29 billion increase in highway and core transit program investment for the third year in a row

The FY 2020 package fully funds the FAST Act’s $1.29 billion increase in highway and core transit program investment. It also provides $3.35 billion for the Airport Improvement Program, but falls $300 million short of the amount expected for the transit Capital Investment Grant program.

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