Highway & Transportation

Highway & Transportation

AGC's Highway and Transportation Division provides a home for contractors involved in the highway and transportation construction markets. AGC is the voice of the highway and transportation construction industry in Washington, D.C. The division's primary purpose is to promote market development at the federal level and to assist its chapters nationwide in promoting market development at the state and local levels. The division also promotes a business climate conducive to the success of its contractor members. The Highway and Transportation Division has a long history of solid service to its contractor members as well as a long list of extremely dedicated individual constructors who have provided leadership to both the division and the entire association.

Many of AGC's national activities are focused on legislation and regulations that impact the highway and transportation construction market. The Highway and Transportation Division has a strong grassroots program that provides the support necessary to promote AGC's legislative agenda on Capitol Hill. AGC also represents highway and transportation contractor interests before the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Transit Administration and Federal Railroad Administration. The division also acts as AGC's liaison with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and other transportation construction industry groups.

Learn more on the Key Facts About America's Road and Bridge Conditions and Federal Funding.

Highway and Transportation Division Presentations

Hot Topics

  • The AGC/Chamber of Commerce Americans for Transportation Mobility coalition has released a study highlighting links between nation's transportation system and U.S. economic productivity, competitiveness, and growth. The Transportation Challenge: Moving the U.S. Economy, highlights the manner in which the U.S. and global economies are changing, how different sectors of the economy depend on transportation, the increasing demands these industry sectors are putting on intermodal transportation systems, and how present–day transportation systems are performing in response to these new demands. Local and State grassroot funding initiatives would be bolstered by the study findings.
  • Last week, Lou Dobbs, CNN reported on the formation of the Building America's Future Coalition in response to the infrastructure problems that America is facing. This coalition will be headlined by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ed Rendell with from the Rockefeller Foundation. Watch the video.
  • AGC declared the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission's report to Congress - Transportation for Tomorrow - a bold, visionary plan that catalogues future needs and provides a path forward.
  • SAFETEA-LU, federal legislation authorizing funding for the Federal-Aid Highway Program and Federal Transit Program expires at the end of fiscal year 2009. In addition to funding, the reauthorization legislation will set a direction for the surface transportation program in the future and contain policy provisions that will impact the highway construction industry.
  • Highway Trust Fund Solvency — Projections indicate that revenues into the Highway Trust Fund are insufficient to meet authorized funding levels. Without new revenue, states could be faced with a 35-40 percent cut in federal highway funds.

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Staff Contact

Brian Deery
Senior Director, Highway and Transportation Division

(703) 837-5319