Sentences with phrase «highway funds for»

In fact, states which do not meet the Jan. 30 deadline lose a full 5 percent of their federal highway funds for the year.

Congressman Earl Blumenauer explains that decisive action three decades ago — trading highway funds for bikeway and mass transit funds, for example — achieved the sustainability that has stimulated a vibrant economy and given residents today such an attractive quality of life.

He has asked Cuomo to consider more highway funding for Glenville to compensate local taxpayers.

Not exact matches

The federal government, for public safety reasons, will withhold some federal highway funds from states that set their drinking age younger than 21 but Congress has never tried to pass a law setting the drinking age nationally at 21.

And this doesn't include the fact that electric car owners don't pay into the Highway Trust Fund — which is funded by the per - gallon tax on gasoline and pays for road construction and upkeep.

While the building and maintaining of our roads and highways to ensure seamless transport across our states has had a positive impact on trucking, the lack of stable funding for the interstate system is threatening Eisenhower's vision.

It was this trip that solidified his support for an interstate highway system, funded by fuel taxes, which would be designed not just to move munitions, tanks and troops, but interstate commerce.

So sad that you don't see the difference between a billboard posted next to a highway — paid for by private funds — and religious dogma and prayer being forced on citizens and paid for by tax dollars.

my research has found that the likely culprit for Breezewood's ridiculous traffic - clogging identity is a gap in highway funding.

The five - acre site at Price Road and Illinois Highway 173 contains about 3.5 acres of buildable land, Beatty said, and the village has about $ 35,000 in a park fund for expenditures.

Many residents expressed concerns that tying the two neighboring villages together would sharply increase property taxes, because Cary needs funds for developing the Hoffman Property it bought last year along Illinois Highway 31, he said.

The District purchased 1.3 acres of land on the southeast side of Recreation Park along Northwest Highway (500, 506, & 510 East) for $ 840,000 in July 1999, using $ 100,000 from the Arlington Heights Park District / Frontier Days Recreation Park Expansion & Improvement Fund.

«As the pressure on funding for highways and transport services has increased it has become more important to understand the impact of safety interventions and how best to invest limited resources.

For instance, Congress required states to reduce highway speed limits to 55 and enforce the lower limits or risk having funding withheld.

«Over the last few years there has been a welcome change in how the highway network's importance has been recognised by government with new structures for delivery and changes to funding for strategic roads put in place.

The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) and infrastructure specialists Parsons Brinckerhoff and Balfour Beatty today launched the results of an initiative that provides a detailed «route map» for change and suggests new and innovative models for funding transport infrastructure.

The highway speed limit is the same (almost) everywhere in US because federal funds for maintaining the highways are specifically contingent upon satisfying the 65 MPH speed limit.

There are currently excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, liquid vehicle fuels (for highways), oversized tires for large trucks (presumably for highways), airplane tickets (for the FAA and TSA), multiple aspects of the firearms industry, bows and arrows, vaccines (for a vaccine injury fund), and in a variety of industries in support of marketing boards in those industries (although those cases have had mixed results in litigation).

It published a report on progress with the strategy today that calls on Highways England and the Department for Transport (DfT) to agree an updated delivery plan for the remainder of the current five year funding period which ends in 2020.

Trump's $ 4.4 trillion budget plan would slash funding for interstate highways, jeopardizing New York's plan to transform a stretch of Interstate 81 in Syracuse in the next decade, Schumer said.

Legislators are also calling for a $ 250 million increase in Consolidated Highway Improvement Program funding.

I thank the Federal Highway Administration, the New York State Department of Transportation, and Governor Cuomo for helping secure this funding so that residents and visitors alike can have more safe and accessible ways to enjoy New York.»

Despite the current fiscal crisis, Governor Cuomo's Executive Budget continues prior year funding levels for the core transportation capital programs supported by the Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund, providing $ 501 million for highway and bridge construction, $ 363.1 million for the Consolidated Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) and $ 39.7 million for the Marchiselli program for local governments, and $ 16.9 million for Amtrak service subsidies and additional rail capital invesHighway and Bridge Trust Fund, providing $ 501 million for highway and bridge construction, $ 363.1 million for the Consolidated Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) and $ 39.7 million for the Marchiselli program for local governments, and $ 16.9 million for Amtrak service subsidies and additional rail capital inveshighway and bridge construction, $ 363.1 million for the Consolidated Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) and $ 39.7 million for the Marchiselli program for local governments, and $ 16.9 million for Amtrak service subsidies and additional rail capital invesHighway Improvement Program (CHIPS) and $ 39.7 million for the Marchiselli program for local governments, and $ 16.9 million for Amtrak service subsidies and additional rail capital investments.

I worked hard on the highway bill to secure the federal funds for these important projects - and I'm thankful for the Governor's leadership on critical infrastructure projects like these.»

Hinchey also secured funding for infrastructure improvements along Kings Highway in 2006 and 2008 before the federal government purchased property there in November for the Army Reserve Center project from a group that includes John Mullen, a partner of Hinchey's in the Partition Street Project.

The $ 390 million shift from Capital to SOF includes operating costs related to snow and ice removal; bus, truck and rail inspection; and DMV regulatory activities that are currently accounted for in the Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund.

«As a Town Highway Superintendent who maintains this aging infrastructure, I believe this funding is a must in order for us to supply proper services to the taxpayers of Ballston.

We urge the state government to provide whatever funding and assistance for our cities and towns to serve our residents in the most cost effective manner,» said Clifton Park Highway Superintendent Rick Kukuk.

At a Staten Island press conference to announce funding for road repairs, Mr. de Blasio said he, like any other city driver, has his list of highways to avoid due to their shabby condition.

The report also highlights the potential slowing of transportation aid from the federal government in the current 2014 - 15 fiscal year as Congress balks at increasing the 18.4 cent excise tax on gasoline, the primary source for replenishing the Federal Highway Trust Fund.

US Senator Chuck Schumer said he will push for federal highway funding to support any suggested improvements included in the final report.

The highway trust fund shouldn't be used to pay for mass transit, but instead roads, Katko said, or at least mass transit authorities should pay in too.

They called for an increase in funding for the Consolidated Highway Improvement, or CHIPS, from $ 438 million to $ 638 million, arguing that local roads are critical for agriculture and for local businesses.

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.

ALBANY — Contractors, highway superintendents and legislators are renewing their push for road and bridge funding, calling out Governor Andrew Cuomo's plan to split up a $ 5.4 billion one - time cash surplus into various corners.

The new convention center and Javits transformation, energy highways, gaming, the $ 1 billion for Buffalo comprise the economic development blueprint that will meld the government and private sector to help generate funds for New York.

Cuomo's statement said it included «historic» spending, such as $ 2.5 billion for water infrastructure projects, $ 100 million in highway funds and $ 150 million in capital spending for economic development programs.

That announcement came as O'Mara and a number of colleagues from both sides of the aisle made their annual ask for an increase in Consolidated Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) funding.

Funding for local highway and bridge projects remains the same as last year.

INDIAN LAKE A last - minute decision to increase fund balance usage for the highway department at a budget hearing last week saw the Town of Indian Lake's 2018 preliminary budget come in under the cap.

Rep. Engel said, «Sandy caused heavy damage in lower New York State and these funds, from the Federal Highway Administration, are for -LSB-...]

Unless Congress acts, the Highway Trust Fund, used to reimburse states for highway and transit projects, is set to become insolvent later this Highway Trust Fund, used to reimburse states for highway and transit projects, is set to become insolvent later this highway and transit projects, is set to become insolvent later this summer.

He said he is hopeful Congress can strike a deal to keep federal funds flowing to highway, bridge, and rail projects for the next three years.

Providing the much - needed funds for local roads and bridges also sustains jobs — both public and private in highway related industries and professions.

President Obama has put little political capital behind his transportation objectives; Congress has yet to hammer out a new transportation bill; the Highway Trust Fund is nearing bankruptcy; Governor Andrew Cuomo has yet to take a position on Gateway, and hasn't shown much enthusiasm for transit in general, and Christie seemed to express his position on mass transit with the cancellation of ARC, which has been the subject of a very damaging report by the Government Accountability Office.

The New York State County Highway Superintendents Association (NYSCHSA) and the New York State Association of Town Superintendents of Highways (NYSAOTSOH) say local governments need a minimum increase in funding for the Consolidate Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) of $ 200 million to $ 638 million per year.

I would also like to thank our public sector partners Birmingham City Council and Highways England as well as extending a warm thanks to the Thinktank and Rees Jeffreys Road Fund for their support.»

At 2:30 p.m., Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb joins Assemblyman Steve Hawley and others to call for increased funding for local roads, bridges and highways in upstate New York, Ontario County Transportation Center, 2930 County Rd. 48, Canandaigua.

At 2:30 p.m., Schumer announces that the recently passed federal transportation bill included an additional $ 40 million in Highway Safety Improvement Program funding for New York state, Ithaca Commons, East State and Aurora streets, Ithaca.

Rep. John Katko asked a committee of House and Senate members Wednesday to restore $ 12 million in funding for Centro and billions for other public transit systems that were cut in a highway bill the House passed earlier this month.