Its baffling to us that the industrys leading publication would tacitly endorse a $284-billion highway/transit reauthorization investment measure that could actually provide no growth for the federal transportation construction market over the next four years. ENRs rhetorical references to a "charade" and the war in Iraq in your editorial, "Transportation Bill Warning Signs Should Be Heeded," are also out of bounds in the current debate. (ENR 5/9 p. 48).