Topic – Infrastructure

Judge Emmett calls for improved infrastructure and transportation

State of the County Address

Vilas Bhuchar, Feb 15, 10.

Harris County Judge Ed Emmett delivered a State of the County address in which he asked the audience to evaluate the county in human terms.

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Harris County joins high-speed rail group

$50,000 in dues

Vilas Bhuchar, Feb 15, 10.

Commissioners Court decided to join the Texas High Speed Rail and Transportation Corporation in hopes of influencing if and where a system would be built.

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County Commissioners

Meeting notes - Feb 9, 2010

Vilas Bhuchar, Feb 12, 10.

Harris County Commissioners Court approved a resolution to pay $50K in dues to join the Texas High Speed Rail and Transportation Corporation.

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Melissa Lafsky

Gas tax must be raised

Editor in Chief, The Infrastructurist, Jan 22, 10.

The federal gas tax must be raised

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House approves jobs bill

Includes transportation money

Steve Hawley, Dec 22, 09.

The $154 billion legislation would include money for highway construction and repair projects, as well as money for Amtrak and other infrastructure investments.

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House, Senate agree on $2.5 billion for high-speed rail

Omits Infrastructure Bank

Steve Hawley, Dec 15, 09.

The bill also includes money for sustainable communities, although it omits money for a proposed National Infrastructure Bank for the time being.

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Obama supports additional $50 billion for transportation

Designed to create more jobs

Steve Hawley, Dec 09, 09.

The extra spending, which could come from leftover financial bailout money, would essentially double the amount of transportation stimulus money.

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Report: Texas pols lead nation in funding from highway groups

Almost $13 million in 2008

Vilas Bhuchar, Nov 16, 09.

The national report suggests that campaign financing has led politicians to fund new construction instead of fixing the nation's crumbling infrastructure.

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Thomas Fisher

Fracture Critical

Dean of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota, Nov 05, 09.

Fracture-critical designs need attention, commitment, investment

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Bay Bridge is example of crumbling infrastructure

US must reinvest

Steve Hawley, Nov 02, 09.

San Francisco is fortunate to have transportation options: BART trans-bay ridership rose almost 50% after the bridge was closed.

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