One week after AGC's Steve Sandherr sat down with him, Fred Barnes of the Weekly Standard made a compelling case for why conservatives should support highway construction and a $.10 to $.15 increase in the gas tax.

Read the article here.

AGC responded to a new report from the Treasury Department detailing underinvestment in transportation, noting that failure to repair aging roads and bridges and expand transportation capacity is costing tens of thousands of jobs.

Read AGC's full statement here.

For more information, contact Brian Turmail at (703) 837-5310 or turmailb@agc.org.

AGC senior vice president Kris Young with Iowa DOT director Nancy Richardson and AGC of Iowa president Robert Cramer.

AGC, as part of the Transportation Construction Coalition and Americans for Transportation Mobility, pushed for passage of the long-delayed highway and transportation bill Wednesday in Des Moines.

The groups began a new national advertising campaign to push for federal funds to fix aging roads and unsafe bridges and improve transit services in August, and unveiled new bus, radio and print advertisements in Des Moines.  The effort, which will cover dozens of states during the coming weeks, is designed to educate the public about why passing a federal transportation bill is essential to improving road conditions in states like Iowa. AGC has hosted events in South Dakota and South Carolina as well.

Read the press release here. The news was covered by the Des Moines Register, as well as local television and radio stations.

For more information, contact Brian Turmail at (703) 837-5310 or turmailb@agc.org.

In response to the Obama Administration's proposal for new transportation investment, AGC today noted that countless thousands of construction workers will have a better chance of retaining their jobs, but that the most effective sequel to the stimulus is passage of a fully funded six-year surface transportation bill.

Read AGC's statement here. AGC's reaction was covered by the LA Times, Baltimore Business Journal and Engineering News-Record.

Casey Schwager of AGC member company Sloan Construction leads Congressman James Clyburn on a tour of the company's Columbia, S.C., asphalt plant.

The Transportation Construction Coalition and Americans for Transportation Mobility continued efforts for passage of the long-delayed highway and transportation bill on Tuesday with the unveiling of new billboard and online advertisements in Columbia.

The effort, which will cover dozens of states during the coming weeks, is designed to educate the public about why passing a federal transportation bill is essential to improving road conditions in states like South Carolina.

Read about the effort here.

The news was covered by several local television stations, including WBTV, WACH and WSAV, in addition to the Charleston Post and Courier, Columbia Business Report and Charleston Regional Business Journal, to name a few.

AGC of SD President Dave Gustafson speaking at the Rapid City event while the state's DOT Secretary Darin Bergquist looks on.

As part of the Transportation Construction Coalition and Americans for Transportation Mobility, AGC launched a new national effort to push for passage of the long-delayed bill that provides federal funds to fix aging roads and unsafe bridges. In conjunction with AGC of South Dakota, the campaign began with the unveiling of a new billboard, and radio and print advertisements in Rapid City.

The effort, which will cover dozens of states during the coming weeks, is designed to educate the public about why passing a federal transportation bill is essential to improving road conditions in states like South Dakota.

Read more here.

The Rapid City Journal announced the start of the campaign on the front page this week, and the story was also covered in the Argus Leader and on the local ABC station.

John Igel (George J. Igel & Company, Columbus, Ohio) talks with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Rep. Kilroy.

AGC member company George J. Igel & Company participated in an event with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Representative Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Ohio) in Columbus. During the event, Igel employees expressed concern over what would happen when stimulus money runs out. Secretary LaHood and Rep. Kilroy agreed that a six-year transportation bill would be a logical sequel to the stimulus.

Watch the local NBC affiliate's coverage here or read coverage from the Columbus Dispatch.

For more information, contact Brian Turmail at (703) 837-5310 or turmailb@agc.org.

CNBC's fourth annual study of America's top states for business measures ten categories, including transportation and infrastructure, as well as education, workforce and quality of life.

Read the article here.

Time is running short for Congress to take action on a multi-year highway and transit reauthorization bill.  SAFETEA-LU authorization expired on September 30, 2009 and the program has been operating under short term extensions ever since. In addition, the Highway Trust Fund is depleted and infusions of general fund revenue have been needed for it to meet its obligations.

Members of Congress will be home this week for the Fourth of July recess and also in August. This is an excellent time to make them aware of the impact this lack of action by Congress is having on your state's highway construction program. (more…)

The Transportation Construction Coalition, co-chaired by AGC, is meeting today in Washington, D.C. to urge lawmakers to pass a multi-year program to fund critical highway, bridge, transit and aviation construction programs. The group also placed an advertisement in Capitol Hill's Roll Call newspaper.

For more information, contact Brian Deery at (703) 837-5319 or deeryb@agc.org.