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    Grand Challenge    

    Work together to close the infrastructure gap from planning to design to delivery

    Infrastructure

    Propose practical solutions to maintain & modernize our nation’s deteriorating infrastructure

    Sustainability

    Embrace and encourage civil engineers’ role as contributors to a sustainable world     

    Raise the Bar

    Increase education requirements for engineering licensure to better protect the public in the future

  • Highway Trust Fund

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    While the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act provided five years of certain funding for roads, bridges, and transit, it didn't address the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund. Tell Congress you want to see a long-term solution to fund our nation's transportation needs. Take action with ASCE at www.fixthetrustfund.org

    Report Card

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    America's Infrastructure Report Card is out!  Find out the grades and how you can help

  • Senate Commerce Examines America’s Infrastructure Needs
    Feb 15 2019
    By Joe Brady

    On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation examined the opportunities for infrastructure improvement, including federal funding, financing programs, and permitting and regulatory streamlining at a hearing entitled,  The hearing, “America’s Infrastructure Needs: Keeping Pace with a Growing Economy.” The testimony the witnesses provided before the full committee hearing focused on the...

    Lawmakers Reach Spending Deal for 2019
    Feb 14 2019
    By ASCE Staff

    Lawmakers on Capitol Hill reached spending deal to avert a government shutdown and fund the government thought September 30th. Included in the package, H.J. Res. 31, are the following infrastructure related spending levels: $86.5 billion overall for the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT); $900 million for BUILD grants; $13.4 billion for the Federal Transit Administration...