In collaboration with the Transportation Construction Coalition and Americans for Transportation Mobility, AGC and the Ohio Contractors Association launched an ad campaign in Ohio Thursday to push for new federal transportation investments and legislation.
During the event, The Road Information Program, or TRIP, released a new report that finds poor road conditions cost Ohio motorists and businesses billions annually.
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Ohio Contractors Association, Transportation Construction Coalition and Americans for Transportation Mobility said during Columbus and Cincinnati-area news conferences that Congress should pass the long-delayed federal highway and transit bill that funds most road, bridge and transit improvements in the U.S.
The report, titled “Future Mobility in Ohio: Meeting the State’s Need for Safe and Efficient Mobility,” finds that deficient roadways cost the average Ohio motorist up $933 a year and rob the state’s highway users of $6.5 billion annually.
Read the press release here. View the advertisements here.
Learn more about the campaign and write your members of Congress here, or watch video of the media events.
News of the event was covered by WBNS 10TV and WOIO-TV as well as the Columbus Dispatch and Cleveland Plain Dealer.
For more information, contact Brian Turmail at (703) 837-5310 or turmailb@agc.org.