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Transportation Secretary LaHood stated this week that it is “highly unlikely” that congress will pass a multi-year transportation reauthorization bill this year. However, Senator Barbara Boxer disagrees. The eighth extension of SAFETEA-LU will expir...
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The Transportation Planning Board of the Washington Council of Government has published a report from Cambridge Sytematics stating that the best way to fund transportation needs for the US in the short term would be to raise gas taxes on gasoline at the p...
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) passed in 2010 requires that states set up Health Insurance Exchanges by January of 2014. They must show they have a plan to set up these exchanges by January of 2013. The PPACA was designed to cont...
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From Airport Report 01/18/12:
“With the Jan. 31 expiration of FAA programs and aviation taxes quickly approaching, Congress has a very short window of time either to approve a long-term FAA reauthorization bill or pass what would be the 23rd temporary ...
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While all agree that our country’s infrastructure is underfunded, there is no consensus on how to fund the program. The traditional gas tax is insufficient to the needs, and the income from that tax is decreasing as more people drive hybrid or electric...
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What do the Beaulieu brothers say about 2012 and beyond? The Beaulieu brothers are respected economists with a history of accurately predicting the future business climate based on economic trends that they continually follow. In a recent Beaulieu Webina...
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Our country put people back to work during the Great Depression by investing money in infrastructure. It is a tried and proven approach to reducing unemployment. However, funding for infrastructure, even on Private Public Partnerships, is dependent upon...
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A recent study sponsored by ASCE shows that our underinvestment in water infrastructure is going to cost our economy a loss of $416 Billion over the next decade in terms of lost production and other related economic impacts if current spending levels are ...
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Highway and transit policy runs out in 117 days, FAA in 57 days and DOT funding in 299 days. It's been 743 days (and eight extensions) since SAFETEA-LU expired, and 1,528 days (and 22 extensions) since the last FAA bill.
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The Senate version of a transportation bill (MAP-21) includes proposed thresholds for remaining a metropolitan planning organization (MPO). The new MPO threshold of 200,000 in population would impact 230 of the nation’s current 282 MPOs.
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GOP Senate bill proposes to require President Obama to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline project within 60 days or declare it “not in the national interest.” The President has delayed the project until 2013 due to environmental concerns about the pipe...
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While the Senate and House quibble over a new transportation reauthorization bill, they have at least passed an appropriations bill that provides funding for transportation through 2012. President Obama signed the legislation into law on November 18. Th...
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Speaker Boehner, R-Ohio, made it clear on Thursday that the House version of a Transportation bill (the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act) will be funded by new revenues from drilling and expanded oil shale development. The proposed bill is f...
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Map-21 passed the Senate Committee on Infrastructure today. This would provide two years of surface transportation funding at current levels, although the gas tax alone will fall $12 Billion short of funding the bill. The House favors a six year plan th...
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On September 29th, 2011 the Senior Managers of ORC gathered in the Charlotte office for a three day meeting. At the opening of the meeting, Stephen Toth presented Cathy Muth with an award for 30 years of service to ORC. The group celebrated with a tri...
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O. R. Colan Associates announces the addition of Senior Project Manager Benedict G. Ciravolo, Esq. to our nationwide team of right-of-way professionals. Mr. Ciravolo will be leading ORC’s project team in Indianapolis, IN, and he will work closely with ...
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O. R. Colan Associates is pleased to announce the promotion of Tracy Jones to the role of Project Manager. Though Ms. Jones has managed many projects since joining ORC in 2009, she will formally transition into the role permanently, and she will direct...
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The kcICON Design-Build Project sponsored by the Missouri Department of Transportation has been selected as the top road project and the fifth best bridge project of 2010 by Roads and Bridges magazine, a national transportation-industry periodical.
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ORC is thrilled to announce that we have been named among the IRWA’s top ten “Project of the Year” award winners for our performance on the Texas SH 130 Segments 1-6 Design-Build Project. ORC was selected as the lead right-of-way consultant by both ...
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As we approach our half century mark, we build on our corporate innovation by announcing our new ORC Utility and Infrastructure Land Services Division.
This new Division will meet the growing needs of both our private and public sector clients whose prim...
