Sentences with phrase «federal road funds»
-- «Serious questions «about the benefit to the city of moving the northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive to the west side of Soldier Field, especially if the $ 40 million project diverts state and federal road funds that could have been used elsewhere in the city;
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Joyce says the Victorian Labor government has unfortunately rejected federal funding, referring to the $ 1.5 billion for the East West Link road project.
Little did anyone know that what Peter Obi called cash - in - hand were basically investment in stocks, bonds and other non-performing equities arranged by Obi in his final days in office; long - term uncompleted assets that will not earn cash until they are completed; various sums spent in rehabilitating federal roads in the State for which re-imbursements may come in the distant future; computation of the State's share of the Excess Crude Account contributed as capital to the Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Fund in 2010, etc..
He said the ongoing rehabilitation works have also seen the repair of 117 federal government roads in the state, adding that if funds are available, more roads will be fixed.
«What I believe here is that this gives the backing to the MTA and the Long Island Rail Road to stop payments, and as I've been reading in the news and hearing on the news is Amtrak, after the governor and our national representatives... have gotten together calling on Trump for federal funding, which I fully support, Amtrak came out and said that they have the money to do this fix,» said state Sen. Elaine Phillips, the bill's sponsor who also chairs the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee.
He therefore called on the Federal Government to fast track the release of funds to the contractor in charge of the project to ensure speedy completion in order to ease the hardship faced by the people plying the road.
The Federal Government has taken over the funding of the construction of Kishi - Kaiama road and dualization of Michael Imodu - Ganmo road in Ilorin from the state government.
He stated then that the State presently has a design for the reconstruction of the road as well as the funds to embark on the project but was yet to get the go ahead from the Federal Government.
Priority building projects including bridges, roads, parks, and flood control will create jobs and utilize state, federal, authority, and private funds.
Several states are tired of waiting for Congress to fix the federal highway trust fund, so they're considering raising gas taxes themselves to address their crumbling roads.
The panel also proposed tolling on federal roads and 0.5 per cent of transport fares paid by passengers using mass transit for inter-state trips to generate fund for the rehabilitation and maintenance of road infrastructure in the country.
In the Syracuse Media Group / WCNY debate aired live, neither Rep. Dan Maffei nor Republican challenger John Katko supported raising the gas tax, which the federal government uses to fund bridge and road repair.
When immigrant communities are undercounted, we lose out significantly on federal funding for our schools, roads, health care services, housing and as we did in the 2010 Census, we lose elected representation in congress.
Press Release from Eliot Engel's Office Congressman Eliot Engel announced last week, that $ 20 million in federal funds were awarded to New York State for emergency repairs of roads damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
In the House, Suozzi says, he'll concentrate on getting federal funding for infrastructure, including water systems, roads, bridges and airports.
«Last month I wrote to all our state and federal representatives requesting emergency funds to help repair the road collapse on Tonawanda Creek Road east of Tranroad collapse on Tonawanda Creek Road east of TranRoad east of Transit.
BOSTON — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joined mayors from across the U.S. on Monday to demand increased federal transportation funding, promising a campaign to get Washington to spend more on bridges, roads and improvements to mass - transit systems.
US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is warning states of the danger of letting a federal fund for road and bridge repairs run out of money.
President Buhari also listed some of Federal Government intervention activities such as the construction of the Pankshin - Tapshin - Gambrar - Sara - Kai - Gindiri Road to Metropolitan Construction Company Ltd; Execution of TETFUND Projects; Bail - Out Funds; Paris Club Refunds and N - Power Scheme and assured that the request for dualization and construction of the road from Abuja to Jos will be put into consideration given its economic viability and status as gateway extending to the North ERoad to Metropolitan Construction Company Ltd; Execution of TETFUND Projects; Bail - Out Funds; Paris Club Refunds and N - Power Scheme and assured that the request for dualization and construction of the road from Abuja to Jos will be put into consideration given its economic viability and status as gateway extending to the North Eroad from Abuja to Jos will be put into consideration given its economic viability and status as gateway extending to the North East.
«I have noted the request for refund of funds expended on the rehabilitation of the Jos - Bukuru - Mararaba Jema'a Road which is a Federal road project and other interventiRoad which is a Federal road project and other interventiroad project and other interventions.
«It is our view that the Federal Government can not fund the reconstruction and maintenance of all the 34, 000 kilometres of roads under its care,» the Senate said.
City leaders say more federal funding is allowing for some much - needed road repair.
He said, «I want to sincerely appreciate the efforts of Ogbeni Aregbesola on his intervention on federal roads in the state despite the paucity of funds.
According to him, the State Government presently has a design for the reconstruction of the road as well as the funds to embark on the project but the Federal Government was yet to grant approval.
The Federal Government has disbursed the sum of N16.67 billion each to fund the construction and rehabilitation of 25 road projects across the six geo - political zones of the country.
Rep. Engel said, «Sandy caused heavy damage in lower New York State and these funds, from the Federal Highway Administration, are for repairing roads in designated counties, including Rockland, Westchester, and the Bronx.
Congressman Eliot Engel announced last week, that $ 20 million in federal funds were awarded to New York State for emergency repairs of roads damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
He said Monday that Farley is rightly focused on «bringing back the federal funding we need to fix our crumbling roads, bridges and subway and creating jobs.»
The timing of the trip, along with discussions of a federal political action committee to help fund his national jaunts, indicate the mayor is wasting little time getting out on the road.
Allowing open - road tolling on Wisconsin's interstates is the only plausible way to raise state money to match whatever federal funding could be coming for transportation, Republican state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald told county officials on Wednesday.
Some upstate New York roads and bridges damaged by this summer's flooding will be able to be fixed using $ 5 million in federal highway funds.
About one - third of highway roads in New York qualify for federal funds.
MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- Allowing open - road tolling on Wisconsin's interstates is the only plausible way to raise state money to match whatever federal funding could be coming for transportation, Republican state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald told county officials on Wednesday.
We often do this with bridge and road projects where we don't have a source of funding readily available but we'll have the whole project (specifics), environmental's done, and it's essentially ready to go if the federal government gets back to the business of funding infrastructure.»
* Announced over 8 million dollars in federal funds to repair and reconstruct highways and roads that suffered severe damage as a result of the 2013 flooding and cosponsored and voted to pass FEMA reforms that would ensure our communities receive vital federal resources following severe flooding.
The East End Supervisors and Mayor Association — which includes the supervisors of Southold, Riverhead and Shelter Island and the mayor of Greenport — has penned a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo requesting a one - time jump in CHIPS funding, which is federal money that is distributed by the state Department of Transportation to local government for maintenance of local roads and bridges.
CITY HALL — Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a $ 84.67 billion preliminary budget for fiscal year 2018 Tuesday that includes money to pave 1,300 miles of road, adds 40,000 new classroom seats and boosts financial reserves to record levels in case of potential federal funding cuts from the Trump administration.
Mr Olusegun Akinmade, the Federal Controller of Works in Yobe State says the injection of Sukuk fund into the Federal Government ongoing road project...
In the paper, «Plug - in vehicles and the future of road infrastructure funding in the United States,» Jerome Dumortier and Seth Payton, assistant professors in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and Matthew Kent, a former graduate student, assess the magnitude of the decline in federal tax revenue caused by plug - in vehicles and quantify the revenue that could be generated from a federal plug - in vehicle registration fee.
The $ 101 billion measure, formally known as Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP - 21), reauthorizes federal funding for road and transit projects over the next 2 years.
The Federal Roads Office (FEDRO), which is funding the project, will decide based on these results whether to use C2D2 for regular bridge inspections in the future.
INDIANAPOLIS — Given declining revenues from gasoline and diesel fuel taxes and the need for new ways of funding road infrastructure, state and federal policymakers are considering or have enacted annual registration fees for plug - in vehicles.
State Superintendent Tony Evers on Thursday blasted the Republican - controlled Legislature and Gov. Scott Walker for not significantly increasing school funding in recent years, refusing to take federal money to expand Medicaid and for the condition of the state's roads.
FHWA's emergency relief program provides funds for the repair or reconstruction of federal - aid roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters or catastrophic events.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $ 750,000 in emergency relief funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help Iowa cover the costs of repairing roads damaged by flooding earlier this week.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $ 1 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help begin repairs on flood - damaged roads and bridges in north and central Pennsylvania.
FHWA's Emergency Relief program provides funds for the repair or reconstruction of federal - aid roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters or catastrophic events
WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced an additional $ 750,000 in «quick release» Emergency Relief funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help South Dakota repair roads damaged by heavy rains last month.
In addition to the TIFIA credit assistance, the project is utilizing $ 335 million in GARVEE bonds, $ 272 million in toll revenue bonds, $ 41 million Bond Anticipation Notes (premium), $ 276 million in federal funds and $ 76 million in state road funds.
«Emergency relief funding like this makes it possible to fast - track repairs to roads throughout Iowa,» said Deputy Federal Highway Administrator Gregory Nadeau.