Messages from the Hill
Every day your elected officials are making decisions that affect the way you live and work. Don’t let them make those decisions without your input.
03-01-2012
Ohio DOT Announces Plans to Modernize Rest Areas
ODOT last week announced plans to modernize East and Westbound rest areas along U.S. 33 in Meigs County.
02-27-2012
House Abandons Five-Year Highway Bill
While the future of the bill is uncertain, the House reportedly plans to pass a shorter-term bill.
02-27-2012
North Carolina Tolling Analysis Shows Taxpayers Would Pay Double Estimated Project Costs
If I-95 were to be rebuilt and converted to a toll road, taxpayers would pay about $30 billion over 40 years.
02-27-2012
House Begins Transportation Reauthorization
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) introduced his long-awaited $260 billion transportation bill, H.R. 7., the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act on Jan. 31, which was marked up by the committee two days later.
02-06-2012
Independent Oil Marketer to Testify Against New Hampshire Study of Rest Area Commercialization
IOMA member Tom Frawley is scheduled to testify before the New Hampshire House Public Works and Highways Committee that federal law prohibits interstate rest areas built after 1960 from offering commercial services such as food and fuel.
02-06-2012
HMSHost Challenges Maryland Rest Area Contract
HMSHost files a protest with the Maryland Transportation Authority.
02-06-2012
Colorado Lawmakers Seek to Ban Fuel Retailing by State Government
Colorado Republican State Rep. Robert Ramirez and State Senator Ellen Roberts (R) have co-sponsored a bill in the Colorado General Assembly that would prohibit the state or any state agency from operating a truck stop, fueling station or convenience store on or near public land, including state highways, toll roads or any other infrastructure supported by state revenues.
01-30-2012
President Signals Support for Transportation Reauthorization
Speaking broadly on Jan. 25 about his agenda, President Obama said in the next few weeks he planned to sign an executive order that would clear away the “red tape” that slows down construction projects because “so much of America needs to be rebuilt.”
01-30-2012
NATSO Urges Missouri Lawmakers Not to Toll I-70
NATSO last week urged Missouri lawmakers to oppose a proposal to toll Interstate 70 between St. Louis and Kansas City.
01-23-2012
N.C. To Hold Public Hearings on I-95 Tolling Proposal
The North Carolina Department of Transportation plans to hold seven public hearings between Feb. 7 and Feb. 27 to gather public comment on its plans for tolling Interstate 95 from South Carolina to Virginia.
01-23-2012