ACEC and Coalition Partners Urge Action on Infrastructure Legislation, Increase in Gas Tax

Advocacy / Infrastructure Funding

June 19, 2019

ACEC and Coalition Partners Urge Action on Infrastructure Legislation, Increase in Gas Tax

ACEC, along with a coalition of more than 40 national business and labor groups, sent a letter yesterday to President Trump and Congressional leaders urging them to resume action on infrastructure legislation this year.

“Americans have suffered under the weight of our aging, failing infrastructure for far too long,” states the letter. “That is why business and labor groups have come together and proposed a funding solution: raising the federal gas tax.

“Democrats and Republicans in blue, red, and purple states across the country have already taken this action, increasing their state gas taxes to finance their share of much-need infrastructure improvement.

“Infrastructure, especially our nation’s roads, bridges, and transit systems, is a shared responsibility between the states and the federal government. States are doing their part. It is time elected leaders in Washington do the same.

To read the complete letter, click here.

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