House Transportation Committee Calls on Contractors to Support House Treatment of Transportation in Budget

Key House Transportation committee leaders called on AGC and other groups to unite in supporting the House version of the budget resolution for transportation, which will set the baseline for the reauthorization of the SAFETEA-LU. The House version assumes a $323.9 billion base line for highways and transit over the next five years and the Senate version assumes only $242.3 billion. Both versions assume a reserve fund for any additional revenues to fund in excess of the baseline amount. This decision really is the opening salvo in the debate over the transportation reauthorization. With mounting transportation needs, AGC is urging Congress to adopt the House budget language.