Congress: June House Vote Seen On Transport Bill

05/06/2009

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House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James Oberstar (D-Minn.) says he plans to soon unveil a new, multiyear surface transportation bill and predicts that it will move to the House floor in early June. Oberstar declined to disclose the amount of funding that the measure would authorize.

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An April 24 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials-American Public Transportation Association report says highway capital spending by all government levels needs to reach $132 billion to $166 billion a year by 2015, depending on traffic growth. That compares with $78.7 billion spent in 2006.

The report pegs annual transit capital spending needs at $46 billion to $59 billion in 2015, compared with $13.3 billion in 2006.

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