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April 24, 2017

Stories You May Have Missed

As a valued member, Transportation for America is dedicated to providing you pertinent information. This includes news articles to inform your work. Check out a list of stories you may have missed last week.

  • Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Mick Mulvaney says, “President Donald Trump plans to propose spending about $200 billion in taxpayer dollars on an infrastructure development plan that would leverage private financing.” (Bloomberg)
  • Democratic Senators from New York and New Jersey are “urging the Trump administration to include a Northeast Corridor rail and tunnel project in its $1 trillion infrastructure package.” (The Hill)
  • President Trump signed an executive order this week pledging to strengthen “Buy America” provisions for government procurement contracts, including infrastructure projects. Bloomberg did a question and answer column on the order. (Bloomberg)
  • “Senate Democrats pressure Trump to support ‘Buy America’ bill’” that strengthens requirements to use American steel and iron and American labor to build all taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects. (The Hill)
  • CityLab analyzes the effect on cities and stations if Amtrak long distance passenger rail service is cut as President Trump has proposed in his budget. (CityLab)
  • Indiana lawmakers reach agreement on bill to raise $1.2 billion for road funding by increasing the gas tax by 10 cents, and dedicating the state sales to tax to road funding. (IndyStar)

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