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House to mark up $260 billion transportation bill
- January 2012
Three House of Representatives committees will mark up this week a five-year, $260 billion highway and transit reauthorization bill, according to an American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ...
Wetlands case in U.S. Supreme Court; case addresses ‘fundamental problem’
- January 2012
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and other stakeholders are urging the U. S. Supreme Court to suspend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) seemingly automatic presumption of ...
Vulcan board unanimously rejects Martin Marietta’s offer
- December 2011
Vulcan Materials Co. announced that its Board of Directors, after consultation with its independent financial and legal advisers, unanimously determined that the Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. exchange ...
Sneak Peek: Martin Marietta proposes hostile takeover of Vulcan Materials
- December 2011
Raleigh, N.C.-based Martin Marietta Materials approached Birmingham, Ala.-based Vulcan Materials Co., the nation’s top aggregate producer, with an unsolicited offer to take over the company with a stock-for-stock transaction.
If this ...
Sneak Peek: Aggregates Manager 2012 Industry Forecast
- December 2011
Results of the Aggregates Manager 2012 Industry Forecast, a proprietary report conducted each year, are in and have found that there is greater optimism among aggregates managers than in the ...
ABC in 2012 forecast: Construction growth slow but with ‘gradual progress’
- November 2011
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) on Nov. 17 released its 2012 economic forecast for the U.S. commercial and industrial construction industry. “ABC’s analysis of construction trends indicates 2012 will be ...
Paul Mellott Jr. is 2011 AggMan of the Year
- November 2011
LaHood announces $928.5 million for transit infrastructure
- October 2011
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Oct. 17 announced that transit providers across the nation will receive a share of $928.5 million in federal funds for more than ...
U.S. Reps. Hanna and Edwards introduce Clean Construction Act of 2011
- October 2011
U.S. Representatives Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) and Donna F. Edwards (D-Md.) introduced a bipartisan bill on Oct. 6 that they say will improve air quality around infrastructure projects by making it ...
New freight traffic data point to more congestion on key highways
- October 2011
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released new freight data on Sept. 21 pinpointing key traffic chokepoints on some of the nation's busiest roads that will help transportation planners, operators, and ...




