As top officials from state transportation agencies gathered in Washington, D.C., for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ annual winter legislative meeting, the major topic of discussion was the continued delay and cloudy outlook for a new federal highway-transit bill.
Differing bills are stalled on the Senate and House floors, and party leaders are working on ways to get them moving. The Senate is debating a bipartisan $109-billion, two-year measure, and the House is taking up a GOP-drafted $260-billion, five-year bill.