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AGC Co-Chaired Coalition Pushes for Highway Bill to Create Jobs Now

The AGC co-chaired Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) today launched a new ad campaign and issued a press release to coincide with the White House Jobs Summit, calling on Congress and the Obama Administration to create jobs now by passing a highway and transit bill. AGC also announced today that federal highway and transit funding are likely to drop by over $15 billion in 2010 without an increase in surface transportation funding. The nearly 20 percent decline in construction spending will cost over 430,000 jobs next year for the construction industry and other fields. Check out the TCC radio, print and video ads here, and the press release here.   For more information, contact Brian Deery at (703) 837-5319 or deeryb@agc.org.