Infrastructure groups warn that bipartisan fuel-tax suspension proposals due to Mideast conflict gasoline cost hikes could undermine transportation funding as Congress falls behind on surface transportation reauthorization
Bipartisan gas-tax suspension proposals are gaining traction as fuel prices surge due to the Mideast conflict, but transportation groups warn the moves could further strain Highway Trust Fund finances.
Transportation infrastructure is nearing “critical failure,” the state agency warned, citing a multibillion-dollar shortfall that could reshape Washington priorities.
New officials at the Federal Highway Administration, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and the Dept. of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy were confirmed Sept. 18 by the Senate en bloc along a party-line vote.
Contractor will widen US 90 to six lanes in Bexar County and build a grade-separated overpass on SH 71 in Bastrop County under two Texas Dept. of Transportation contracts.
Ohio is the latest state to raise its fuel tax to fund infrastructure needs, with the state legislature approving a 10.5¢-per-gallon increase on gasoline as of July 1.