The Senate is set to consider a bill next week that would authorize $38.5 billion for wastewater and drinking-water infrastructure over the next five years. S. 1005, the Water Infrastructure Financing Act, could come to a vote in the Senate as early as Monday, July 27.
Please contact your senators in support of the Water Infrastructure Financing Act of 2009. http://capwiz.com/asce/issues/alert/?alertid=12905091
Analysis of the signed $787-billion stimulus bill which includes $130 billion of construction spending.
“A Crumbling Infrastructure Cannot Support a Healthy Economy”- American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE)
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Victims of the deadly 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse took legal steps Monday to seek punitive damages against an engineering firm that evaluated the bridge’s structural integrity before it fell.
New ‘Report Card’ Says $2.2 Trillion in Repairs Needed
A discussion on the state of the proposed high speed rail system. Will a system similar to China’s ever be realized in America?
A review of the Conference of Mayors’ report on the economic benefits of high-speed passenger rail on cities and their metropolitan areas. Is the report overly ambitious in its analysis of the potential economic benefits considering that high speed rail carries obstacles that might take years to address?