Published: December 21, 2009
Tags: 2010, Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin Inc., Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, Barker, Dennis Lynch, John Mielke, Johnson Controls Inc., Joint Committee on Finance, Mark Wagner, Miron Construction Co. Inc., road construction, stimulus, weatherization
Comments: 1
By Paul Snyder
Contractors disagree over what federal stimulus money will mean to the industry in 2010.
“Most contractors are feeling the pain right now,” said Bob Barker, executive vice president of the Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin Inc. “Some are doing better than others and have been able to take advantage of opportunities with renovating multifamily [...]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation said most road construction projects in the state are done for the year, which should ease travel over the Thanksgiving holiday.
The department said Thursday that the project that will most affect travel is work along Interstate 94 in the northbound lanes from the Illinois state line [...]
Published: October 1, 2009
Tags: budget, Dane County, Homburg Contractors Inc., Kathleen Falk, road construction
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Road builders hungry for work will find little to sustain them in Dane County’s proposed 2010 budget.
“With the downturn in commercial work, a lot more road builders have been relying on public works projects,” said Chris Homburg, owner of Monona-based Homburg Contractors Inc. “And we’ve had more road builders around this year than ever [...]
Published: September 25, 2009
Tags: contractors, elected, federal stimulus, road construction, Transportation
By David Winzelberg
Dolan Media
When Long Island was shortchanged by a lack of federal stimulus dollars for transportation projects, local roadway contractors and elected officials complained bitterly. And that’s no surprise, since cash from projects paid for with public money keeps both groups afloat.
There’s a lot of money in roads. They’re expensive to build, costly [...]
Published: September 22, 2009
Tags: Associated General Contractors of America, bridges, Congress, Federal Aviation Administration, road construction, spending, tax
Jim Abrams
AP Writer
Washington — The Democratic-led Congress’ determination to do something about health care this year has slowed legislation affecting the safety of almost every traveler in America.
Barring some miracle, lawmakers acknowledge, they don’t have the time or the political capital to act on new bills bringing major improvements and more money to overworked infrastructure [...]
Published: September 14, 2009
Tags: Minnesota, Minnesota Department of Transportation, road construction, road repairs, The Road Information Program
Brian Johnson
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — Minnesota’s roads are deteriorating, congestion is getting worse, safety is an increasing concern, money is lacking and crumbling infrastructure is hitting state residents in the pocketbook, according to a new report from The Road Information Program.
TRIP, a Washington, D.C.-based transportation research group, found that “many sorely needed transportation projects” in [...]
Published: September 9, 2009
Tags: Boris Nemtsov, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, Public Opinion Foundation, road construction, Russia, Yelena Baturina
Nataliya Vasilyeva
AP Writer
Moscow — Nineteenth-century Russian novelist Nikolai Gogol once said his country has two problems: roads and fools. And roads, according to a new study, cost many times more to build in Moscow than in U.S. and European cities because of corruption.
Opposition figure Boris Nemtsov compiled facts and figures from open sources to shed [...]
Published: August 19, 2009
Tags: bill, Ice Age Park & Trail Foundation, road construction, trail, Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
Comments: 2
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
The battle over how to spend state transportation money is shifting to a bill that would tap the budget for Wisconsin’s pedestrian and bike trails.
State Sen. Jim Sullivan, D-Wauwatosa, is driving a Joint Legislative Council bill that would boost state aid for trails to the tune of $10 million or 1 percent of the [...]
Published: August 5, 2009
Tags: Add new tag, lawsuit, logging, national forests, road construction, roadless
Matthew Daly
AP Writer
Washington — A federal appeals court Wednesday blocked road construction in more than 50 million acres of pristine national forests.
The decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstates a 2001 rule put in place by President Bill Clinton just before he left office that prohibited commercial logging, mining [...]
