Transportation experts discuss bipartisan plan at ACEC event

More state transportation agencies are using aerial drones, and overall commercial use of the devices is expected to continue to climb, though not as dramatically as predicted in 2017, recent reports say.

President Trump’s infrastructure investment proposal has moved to the next step—congressional scrutiny—and faces what looks like a steep uphill path to enactment.

FHWA redistributes unused TIFIA, FAST Act grants' obligation authority.

While top state transportation officials look and listen for hints about President Trump’s promised, still unreleased infrastructure plan, they are working to cope with more-immediate funding issues.

States must obligate the funds to particular projects by Sept. 27.

With the $305-billion Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act on the books for nearly three months, the focus now has shifted to moving the five-year measure’s 2016 funding out to the states and turned into construction contracts.

Omnibus spending law directs FHWA to redistribute unused funds earmarked for hundreds of projects in bills enacted at least 10 years ago.