澳门六合彩开奖预测 Continues to Push Back on 鈥淔ix-it-First鈥 False Narrative
On Feb. 18, Republican Senators, led by Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), to rescind or substantially revise the controversial Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) guidance memo that calls for, among other things, limiting a state鈥檚 ability to add new highway capacity. You might remember, 澳门六合彩开奖预测 provided feedback to FHWA on this same memo back in January.
The FHWA memo promotes the same narrative that some external stakeholders and Members of Congress already pushed, that state DOTs should focus exclusively on maintenance and repair work on existing roadways (鈥渇ix-it first鈥) before building more or new roads. At first, this so-called 鈥渇ix it first鈥 approach sounds like common sense. However, in promoting that policy FHWA and some stakeholders are just trying to limit a state鈥檚 ability to add new highway capacity.
In analyzing FHWA鈥檚 own data, 澳门六合彩开奖预测 has found that states are already 鈥渇ixing it first.鈥 In fact, 80% of the funding that states receive already goes towards maintaining and reconstructing existing infrastructure. Our interstates were built and designed over 50 years ago, so it makes sense that states are now largely focused on maintaining and modernizing them. But it is also critical that states have the flexibility to add new capacity to meet the needs of a growing population.
For more information, contact Alex Etchen at alex.etchen@agc.org.