Lawmakers are unlikely to enact an infrastructure plan until after the 2018 midterm elections and ultimately it could come in the form of multiple bills rather than a single legislative package.
03-30-2018 House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) said Feb. 15 that an infrastructure bill could be ready 鈥渃loser to summer鈥� now that the Trump Administration has unveiled its infrastructure proposal.
02-16-2018 The Trump Administration on Feb. 12 officially rolled out its proposal for a $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan, which contains several policy provisions that would crush the truckstop and travel plaza industry.
02-12-2018 The White House said that the unveiling of President Donald Trump鈥檚 infrastructure proposal would again be delayed, citing the recent government shutdown. The announcement came just one day after the President said that his plan would arrive 鈥渋n a week or two, right after the State of the Union Address.鈥�
02-01-2018 President Donald Trump called on Congress to produce a bipartisan $1.5 trillion bill for new infrastructure investment during his first State of the Union address last night, saying it would provide a safe, fast, reliable and modern infrastructure that the U.S. economy needs.
01-31-2018 A draft document leaked to press on Jan. 22 and widely speculated to be the funding principles for the Trump Administration鈥檚 long-awaited infrastructure plan called for liberalizing tolling policy and allowing states to commercialize interstate rest areas among its proposals for funding infrastructure, both of which would dramatically undercut businesses that operate at the Interstate exits.
01-23-2018 Tolls represent a regressive double tax that disproportionately hurts lower income drivers and will create significant disruptions for local communities, a representative of the Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates said in a recent interview with National Public Radio (NPR).
01-22-2018 While infrastructure funding ranks among the top issues for truckstops and travel plaza operators, it鈥檚 just one of many issues in which 黑料社区will engage in 2018. Here鈥檚 an overview of the top 黑料社区issues that will be in play this year.
01-02-2018 Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said Dec. 5 that the Trump Administration鈥檚 massive infrastructure package won鈥檛 arrive until next year, possibly after a health care and welfare overhaul. The timeline projection marks yet another delay for the massive infrastructure plan that President Trump had promised as one of his priorities for the first 100 days in office.
12-05-2017 President Donald Trump reiterated Nov. 20 that a massive infrastructure plan will be the Administration鈥檚 next priority once Congress finishes tax reform.
11-20-2017 The Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates sharply criticized the Indiana Department of Transportation Nov. 3 for issuing a Tolling Feasibility Study that presented a misleading and unrealistic outlook for Indiana鈥檚 potential use of tolls.
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