Sentences with phrase «of road and bridge»

They range from legislation to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour for workers not already covered under the governor's series of executive actions, to massive infrastructure projects, including the renovation of Penn Station, $ 22 billion worth of road and bridge upgrades upstate, and expansion of the Long Island Railroad.

We look at the availability of air travel in each state, the quality of the roads and bridges, the time it takes to commute to work and the supply of safe drinking water.

but a government by and for the people... say OURS, provides funding for the building and maintenance of roads and bridges etc., and not everyone drives.

Furthermore, Assini said the money would be better spent on investing on New York's complex system of roads and bridges.

The development activities undertaken include construction, upgrading and rehabilitation of roads and bridges.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) today says two water main breaks in Rotterdam and a sewer break in Amsterdam underscore the continued urgent need for a new state program to repair and maintain vital local drinking water, sewer, storm water management and gas line infrastructure to protect lives, secure the viability of roads and bridges aboveground, and save tax dollars.

«Just as important, with the $ 438 million allocated for the above ground CHIPS program, S.W.A.P. will protect the viability of the roads and bridges that will be maintained by that source of funding as we don't want to throw good money after bad.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin (R,C,I - Schaghticoke) and Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C,I - Corning) are joining with several local Capital Region officials in seeking a new state program to repair and maintain vital local drinking water, sewer, storm water management and gas line infrastructure to protect lives, secure the viability of roads and bridges aboveground and save tax dollars.

Upon Cuomo's pledge this month to chip in $ 8.3 billion to the MTA's modernization plan, upstate lawmakers began citing the needs of roads and bridges in their communities, hoping to have a shot at state funding for those improvements during the next budget process.

He says the ride sharing companies should perhaps be required to help pay for the upkeep of roads and bridges, in an arrangement similar to New York City, where taxi cab companies pay a fee towards public transit.

We all know we have a lot of roads and bridges, but what we don't know is how we are going to maintain them and ensure they are safe well into the future.

A group that includes representatives from the engineering, construction and highway industries has issued a new report on the nation's Interstate Highway System, calling it an aging and underfunded network of roads and bridges.

One of the key points is the New York Works program to coordinate capital projects across the state, including the rebuilding of roads and bridges.

Cuomo says he also plans to send 125 National Guard engineers in the next few days to help with the reconstruction of roads and bridges.

Wheel - tax revenue can be used for nothing besides transportation projects, such as maintenance of roads and bridges or public - transit operations.

Greg Biryla, executive director of Unshackle Upstate, said a safe, efficient and reliable network of roads and bridges is essential to the economic future and public safety of Upstate New York.

That's impossible onshore, where manufacturers are constrained by the size of roads and bridges over which the turbine parts will have to be transported.

The FHWA's Emergency Relief program provides funds for the repair or reconstruction of roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters or catastrophic events.

Continuing on, we reach the Atlantic Road, a five - mile - long series of road and bridges that connect small natural islands together.

We know, for example, that nearly one in five construction workers is still unemployed at a time when so many of the roads and bridges we use every day have fallen into disrepair.

Car Accident Lawyers: Hudson County is a densely - populated metropolitan area with a sprawling network of roads and bridges.

Not exact matches

CNBC reveals how our nation's bridges, roads and pipelines are in desperate need of repair, and searches for solutions.

CNBC reveals how our nation's bridges, roads and pipelines are in desperate need of repair and searches for solutions to the crisis.

Geographic information system and mapping capabilities that go hand - in - hand with UAVs have many applications across multiple industries, from bridge, road and pipeline mapping to tracking the path of wildfires and identifying hotspots to assist firefighters, crop monitoring and insect detection for farmers, and real - time imaging for search and rescue operations.

Pennsylvania Representative Bill Shuster, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has encouraged his Republican colleagues to consider raising the gas tax as a way to keep the Highway Trust Fund — which funds road, bridge and transit projects — solvent after 2021.

PR is kind of like the road sign that announces a bridge is up ahead, and content is what the bridge is actually built with.

In addition, a lot of money has been spent on infrastructure, but a huge number of projects have been stalled — India has more than $ 500 billion in nonproductive infrastructure assets, including unfinished roads and bridges.

Dodge says the CIB could be a big deal, especially if it can work around the reluctance of politicians to tell the Canadian voters they'll have to pay fees to use some new infrastructure, including toll roads and bridges.

«The limit on the A406 Gunnersbury Avenue has been reduced to 30mph from 40mph to ensure the safety of all road users and contractors working onsite to upgrade Power Road Briroad users and contractors working onsite to upgrade Power Road BriRoad Bridge.

Plans have been lodged for the first major project under the City of Melville's newly adopted guidelines for the Canning Bridge area, with Stirling Capital submitting an application to build a two - tower, 232 - apartment development facing Ogilvie and Kishorn roads.

America's road network, which includes its bridges, was ranked third among the largest advanced economies by company executives, behind Japan and France but superior to those of Germany, Britain, Canada and Italy, according to the World Economic Forum's latest global competitiveness report.

We will build gleaming new roads, bridges, highways, railways, and waterways all across our land,» Trump said, calling for public and private infrastructure investments of at least $ 1.5 trillion over 10 years.

We will build gleaming new roads, bridges, highways, railways, and waterways all across our land, «Trump said, calling for public and private infrastructure investments of at...

However, a Reuters analysis of nationwide bridge data reveals the fretting over the safety of bridges and other road infrastructure is overblown and could distract from more serious problems elsewhere:

Companies in this industry lease out equipment for activities related to air, sea, and rail transport, as well as construction of highways, roads, tunnels, bridges, and oil drilling.

Some of that construction involves roads and bridges — Tennessee has some of the best infrastructure in the nation.

For example, private sector infrastructure builders may not see the benefit of building roads and bridges that we need, instead preferring a project that may not be necessary but offers a greater profit.

A national civil engineering group has surveyed the nation's bridges, roads, dams, transit systems and more and awarded a string of D or D + grades since 1998.

In a statement Monday, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said the move is a response to legislation that took effect in New York State this weekend requiring the use of American - made iron in certain government road and bridge construction projects.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- President Donald Trump will discuss his plans for a $ 1 trillion overhaul of the nation's crumbling roads, bridges and waterways during a speech in Ohio Wednesday.

The protests reached a peak Aug. 9, 2013, when hundreds of men, women and children clogged a logging road bridge leading to the site.

Americans spend 42 hours on average sitting in congestion every year, costing each driver roughly $ 1,400, and last week the American Roads & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) reported that more than 54,000 of the country's 612,677 bridges are rated «structurally deficient.»

While metals have rallied on pledges to boost construction of roads, airports and bridges, vows to renegotiate the North Atlantic Treaty Agreement and talk of tariffs on China have weighed on the outlook for developing economies.

Many of the highest return infrastructure investments — such as improving roads, repairing 60,000 structurally deficient bridges, upgrading schools or modernising the air traffic control system — do not generate a commercial return and so are excluded from his plan.

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), the U.S. is presently facing a funding gap of $ 1.7 trillion on roads, bridges and transit alone — to say nothing of electricity, schools, airports and other needs.

That's because so many American industries need steel and aluminum: They're used to build cars, skyscrapers, roads, bridges, washing machines, refrigerators, and a whole host of other products.

In more recent years, our advocacy efforts have also focused on regional issues, from our very public role in the 2015 transit and transportation plebiscite, to our work around Metro Vancouver's proposed Bylaw 280 and regional waste management, our longstanding calls for a mobile business licence program across Greater Vancouver, and our advocacy at all levels of government to invest in roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the region.

Governments generally get a much bigger stimulus bang for their buck when they spend directly on projects, such as roads and bridges, rather than giving cheques or tax breaks to individuals, who may choose to bank the money instead of spending it.

The problem is: these millions of hardworking men and women behind the wheel are traversing roads that receive a «D» grade from the American Society of Civil Engineers; moreover, the ASCE found nearly one - third of our roads are in «poor or mediocre» condition, and one in nine of the nation's bridges are structurally deficient.

«We've got enormous gravel demand on the horizon for the Gateway Project and other public building priorities moving forward,» said Mike Proudfoot, spokesman for the Ministry of Transport, who expects the Pitt River Bridge / South Perimeter Road to enter Environmental Assessment as soon as this summer.