infrastructure

Washington, D.C.—A much-anticipated hearing by a key House committee that helps control the fate of any congressional infrastructure package displayed the bipartisan interest that the topic generates in Congress… Read More

Are federal infrastructure funding and the Corps of Engineers’ budget safe from President Trump’s border wall? As part of Trump’s deal with Congress that ended the partial shutdown… Read More

Washington, D.C.—Maritime programs will receive millions of dollars in new funding under a $333-billion compromise reached by House and Senate conferees to avoid another shutdown for about 25 percent… Read More

In testimony before a February 13 hearing of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) argued that “nowhere in the country… Read More

Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump once again used his annual State of the Union address to express his eagerness to work with Congress on delivering a major infrastructure investment package,… Read More

In the first two years of his term, President Donald Trump generated a lot of discussion about infrastructure. Many in the inland maritime community were encouraged when he… Read More

Update: President Trump announced January 25 that he had agreed to reopen the government for three weeks, until February 15, giving Congress and the administration time to work out a… Read More

One of the most encouraging stories of 2018 has been Congress’ bipartisan determination to address infrastructure needs. Once it became clear that infrastructure plans floated by President Trump were… Read More

Washington, D.C.—Port projects were among the 91 to share $1.5 billion in BUILD grants announced by Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. Chao described the BUILD (Better Utilizing Investments to… Read More