Despite the importance of this legislation to the highway and transit construction industry AGC has been told that Senators and Representatives are not hearing from construction contractors about the importance of passing the highway bill now.
Votes on the bills are expected to be close so each vote is important.
Your elected officials need to hear from you today on why this critical legislation needs to be passed.
Click here to find the District Office locations for your members of Congress. Please call or meet with your Senators and Representative and deliver the following message:
- Congress has been passing short-term extensions for the last 28 months; they are disruptive to the efficient flow of funds and completion of projects
- The bill provides a long-term authorization, rather than the short-term extensions we have been forced to endure
- The bill does not cut funding, it keeps funding at current levels
- The bill refocuses the program to concentrate the majority of the funding on National Highway Routes
- The bill eliminates red tape by significantly streamlining the environmental process
- The bill removes federal mandates which will allow States to fund more projects of national significance
- The bill also expands opportunities for alternative financing such as TIFIA, SIBs, Tolling
- The bill will give states and the construction industry the certainty we need to get projects built and put people back to work
- The bill makes significant reforms in the planning and approval process which will lead faster delivery and more cost effective projects.
- Jobs will be saved and created when this legislation passes. Failure to pass the bill will subject the program to more short-term extensions and funding cuts.